One of strongest tropical cyclones on record to roam the North Indian Ocean is approaching the coast of India and Pakistan, where several people have already died and tens of thousands have left their homes.
as the storm approached. Several larger cities are located on and near the Gulf of Kutch to the south of the storm’s projected point of landfall, where the surge could bring substantial inundation.India Team. This “could prove especially disastrous for coastal settlements such as the low-lying areas of Kutch, Devbhumi Dwarka, Porbandar, Jamnagar and Morbi.”
Beyond the wind and surge, Biparjoy is likely to deliver copious amounts of rain. The cyclone is moving along at a slow forward speed, which will prolong heavy rainfall. In the day after landfall, the storm should begin to speed up, but there is risk for excessive rain, especially near the coast. A swath of 6 to 12 inches of rain will probably follow the storm’s track along and south of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, then into the Great Indian Desert. Higher totals are probable within the swath, which
will lead to flooding. Some landslides are also possible in any elevated areas, particularly as the storm remnants run into the foothills of the Himalayas.Tropical cyclones are somewhat uncommon in the northern Arabian Sea, and they typically weaken substantially before striking land.on record in the North Indian Ocean to produce 20 or more units of accumulated cyclone energy , which is a measure of a storm’s intensity and duration.
wandered into the northern Arabian Sea after striking Oman; it came ashore south of Karachi as a tropical depression.took a track somewhat similar to that of Biparjoy, also weakening significantly as it made landfall. Known as the Gujarat Cyclone, it peaked at the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane, producing widespread damage from storm surge and waves across western India.
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