New Delhi: Cyclone Biparjoy is set to intensify in the next 36 hours and will be heading north-northwestwards in the next two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a tweet on Friday. The very severe cyclonic storm was located over the east-central Arabian Sea located 840-kilometer west-southwest of Goa and 870 km west-southwest of Mumbai at 11:30 pm on June 8, the IMD said. #CycloneUpdate VSCS #Biparjoy over Arabian Sea at now, 760 Km SSW of #Veravel -#Gujarat. May intensify further and move slowly nearly northwards over sea next 2-3 days.#CycloneBiparjoy#StayAlert #StaySafe EUMETSAT Image, pic.twitter.com/i84YXkOCM1 — Ranjit Kanan Atman ? (@KananRanjit) June 9, 2023 "Very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy over east-central Arabian Sea at 2330 hours IST of 08th June 2023 over about 840 km west-southwest of Goa, 870 km west-southwest of Mumbai. To intensify further gradually during next 36 hours and move nearly north-northwestwards in next 2 days," it tweeted. Earlier in a bulletin, the weather department said, "VSCS BIPARJOY over east-central Arabian Sea, lay centered at 0530hrs IST of 08th June, near lat 13.9N & long 66.0E, about 860km west-southwest of Goa, 910km southwest of Mumbai, would intensify further & move north-northwestwards." The weather department had also advised fishermen not to venture into such cyclone-hit areas in the Arabian Sea. Those who were out at sea were advised to return to the coast, it had said earlier.
