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The impact of cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ is likely to be less in the Maharashtra region, informed Mumbai India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief Sunil Kamble. “The Cyclonic storm Biparjoy is already moving in the north direction which is away from Maharashtra so the impact will be less on the region,” Kamble told ANI. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) sounded a red alert as cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ neared the Saurashtra and Kutchh coasts in Gujarat. Director General, IMD, Dr Mrityunjay Mohapatra said extremely heavy rainfall is expected over Devbhoomi Dwarka. “Extremely heavy rainfall expected over Devbhoomi Dwarka while heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over Kutch, Porbandar, Rajkot, Morbi and Junagarh districts,” said Mohapatra. He informed further that Kutch, Dwarka, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Junagarh and Gir-Somnath will experience winds gusting at 75-85 kmph on Wednesday. The cyclone is likely to pass through the India-Pakistan international border and the BSF, apart from securing the international border, has swiftly mobilised the requisite resources for rescue operations. Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ is expected to make landfall near the Jakhau coast on the evening of June 15 and will traverse all along the Rann of Kutchh up to Rajasthan. Amid the threat of Cyclone Biparjoy, BSF became a ray of hope for the villagers in the coastal areas of Kutchh. The Border Security Force (BSF) is bracing for the challenges posed by the effects of severe cyclonic sto...

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 14 (ANI): The impact of cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy' is likely to be less in the Maharashtra region, informed Mumbai India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief Sunil Kamble. "The Cyclonic storm Biparjoy is already moving in the north direction which is away from Maharashtra so the impact will be less on the region," Kamble told ANI. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) sounded a red alert as cyclone 'Biparjoy' neared the Saurashtra and Kutchh coasts in Gujarat. Director General, IMD, Dr Mrityunjay Mohapatra said extremely heavy rainfall is expected over Devbhoomi Dwarka. "Extremely heavy rainfall expected over Devbhoomi Dwarka while heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over Kutch, Porbandar, Rajkot, Morbi and Junagarh districts," said Mohapatra. He informed further that Kutch, Dwarka, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Junagarh and Gir-Somnath will experience winds gusting at 75-85 kmph on Wednesday. The cyclone is likely to pass through the India-Pakistan international border and the BSF, apart from securing the international border, has swiftly mobilised the requisite resources for rescue operations. Cyclone 'Biparjoy' is expected to make landfall near the Jakhau coast on the evening of June 15 and will traverse all along the Rann of Kutchh up to Rajasthan. Amid the threat of Cyclone Biparjoy, BSF became a ray of hope for the villagers in the coastal areas of Kutchh. The Border Security Force (BSF) is bracing for the challenge...

| Updated: 14-06-2023 21:36 IST | Created: 14-06-2023 21:36 IST High sea waves strike the coast near Gateway of India (Photo/ANI). Image Credit: ANI • Country: • India • SHARE • • • • The impact of cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy' is likely to be less in the Maharashtra region, informed Mumbai India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief Sunil Kamble. "The Cyclonic storm Biparjoy is already moving in the north direction which is away from Maharashtra so the impact will be less on the region," Kamble told ANI. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) sounded a red alert as cyclone 'Biparjoy' neared the Saurashtra and Kutchh coasts in Gujarat. Director General, IMD, Dr Mrityunjay Mohapatra said extremely heavy rainfall is expected over Devbhoomi Dwarka. "Extremely heavy rainfall expected over Devbhoomi Dwarka while heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over Kutch, Porbandar, Rajkot, Morbi and Junagarh districts," said Mohapatra. He informed further that Kutch, Dwarka, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Junagarh and Gir-Somnath will experience winds gusting at 75-85 kmph on Wednesday. The cyclone is likely to pass through the India-Pakistan international border and the BSF, apart from securing the international border, has swiftly mobilised the requisite resources for rescue operations. Cyclone 'Biparjoy' is expected to make landfall near the Jakhau coast on the evening of June 15 and will traverse all along the Rann of Kutchh up to Rajasthan. Amid the threat of Cyclone Biparj...

"The heat index is an experimental product. It is not validated and we have mentioned that (on the IMD's website) too. We are coming up with our own system now, a multi-parameter product called 'heat hazard score'. We hope that it will be better than the others," Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, IMD, told PTI. Along with temperature and humidity, it will integrate other parameters such as wind and duration of exposure. It will be an effective indicator of heat stress for people, he said. The IMD chief said the hazard score will be ready in around two months and "it will be operational in the next summer season". Cyclone Mocha: IMD predicts cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal Asked if the IMD has incorporated health data into the product, he said the weather bureau will gradually do it. "We have been working on it but health data is not readily available in some places." Mohapatra and his team conducted a heat wave hazard analysis for the entire country last year, taking into account maximum temperature, minimum temperature, humidity, wind and the duration of heat waves. The analysis will help generate heat hazard scores which will be utilised as thresholds to issue impact-based heat wave alerts for specific locations. "The heat index provides apparent temperature, factoring in temperature and humidity. Heat hazard score will depict the severity in terms of numbers, such as on a scale of 1 to 10," another official said. The major difference between...

Renowned scientist and cyclone warning specialist Mrutyunjay Mohapatra was on Tuesday appointed as the chief of India Meteorological Department (IMD), according to a Personnel Ministry order. Mr. Mohapatra and his team at the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD have earned praise for their accurate forecasts on cyclones, its wind-speed and likely impact on life and property including during the recent cyclone ‘Fani’, when their timely warnings enabled the authorities to ensure early evacuation of millions of people. He will assume charge in August. The IMD is responsible for weather and climate-related forecasts in the country. It is also mandated to issue warning to people about severe weather phenomenon like cyclones, dust storms, heavy rain and snow, cold and heatwaves, among others. Besides strengthening the IMD’s infrastructure, Mr. Mohapatra said his priority will be to improve the dissemination of weather-related information — from nowcasts to weather forecasts —, focus on sector-related forecast and give impact-based prediction in all areas. Through sector-related forecasts, the IMD intends to give predictions on specific areas e.g. information for transport systems like trains. The IMD currently gives impact-based predictions only for cyclones. Known for his cyclone forecasts, Mr. Mohapatra leads the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD. Over the last six years, the CWD has given accurate forecasts on cyclones including when Phailin (2013), Hudhud (2014) and Titli ...

ALWAR (Rajasthan): There has been a marked increase in Sharing the details of casualties arising out of extreme weather events in 2021, director general of India Meteorological Department ( Deaths due to flood, heavy rain and landslide accounted for 43% (759) casualties. Lightning events causing deaths have mostly been reported from the eastern part of the country — Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. Mohapatra was addressing journalists in a symposium organised by the Centre for Science and Environment ( Akshit Sangomla of CSE said lightning and thunderstorm-related events are among the most under-reported category of extreme weather events. Throwing light on the possible reasons for increasing extreme weather events, particularly lightning and sudden rainfall, climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Roxy Mathew Koll, linked it to marine heat wave. Koll, who has been pioneering research in marine heatwaves, said though the field in terms of research is new, it had huge potential to impact extreme weather events. “Marie heatwaves are a known phenomena of the Bay of Bengal but this year, western Indian Ocean experienced four-fold and northern Bay of Bengal two-three fold rise in numer of marine heatwaves,” he said. Koll linked marine heatwaves to sudden rise in moisture-laden warm winds which often results in heavy rainfall and thunder. “Chances are there that the marine heatwaves have triggered thunder close to Bay of ...

El Niño would be at the “neutral level” during next three months and its real impact on the southwest monsoon could only be assessed by April, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general, India Meteorological Department (IMD), said on Friday discounting fears that the weather phenomenon could weaken the forthcoming monsoon and hit agricultural yield & output in 2023-24. “When we move towards monsoon months, many models are suggesting development of El Niño. These predictions are based on January-February data which are considered not very good from climatological perspective,” Mohapatra told FE in an interview. He added that by April, a clear picture will emerge about formation of El Niño, when the met department will provide the first long-term forecast for monsoon. UAE emerges as fourth largest investor in India in FY23 The IMD’s comments follows the finance ministry’s statement on Thursday that “the predictions of a return of El Niño conditions in the Pacific could presage a weaker monsoon in India, resulting in lower output and higher prices.” The country is already experiencing elevated cereal inflation (16.1%). El Niño is a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The US government weather agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in its forecast earlier this month had predicted that According to Mohapatra along with El Niño, there are other factors such as Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and Euro...