There is bad news for folks living in the coastal areas of Saurashtra in western India. A big tropical storm is expected to rise in the Arabian Sea near the Kerala coast by today night. It will start off (as all big bad cyclones do) as a low pressure area. But by Monday it will gain strength and turn into a monster storm.
Latest Updates on Expected Gujarat Cyclone Keila
Latest Updates on Expected Gujarat Cyclone Keila
- In a day an innocuous low pressure area will build off the Kerala coast
- By Monday evening (IST), it will start gaining strength and turn into a tropical storm. Wind speeds will be more than 75 kmph.
- It will slowly head northwards towards the Gujarat coastline, especially that of Saurashtra and Kutch.
- It will hit the Saurashtra coast between Diu and Porbandar by Wednesday (June 8, 2011) night, Thursday morning. Wind speeds will be a staggering 120 Kmph +.
- The storm will move along the Saurashtra Kurch coast but will not enter Saurashtra proper. It will then move towards the sea.
- Even then almost all Saurashtra will witness heavy winds and heavy rain. The coastal areas ( Veraval, Porbandar, Dwarka, Kandla, Mundra) will bear the brunt of the storm.
2 comments:
Please can you tell us the current implications of Keila for the coast of Oman?
Thanks,
Robynn Hofmeyr, Oman.
Keila will die tomorrow (June 13, Monday). Since it is going to disintegrate near the Saurashtra coast itself, no effect of the storm will be felt in neither Pakistan or Oman. Oman is safe.
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