Cyclone Biparjoy Intensifies Into Severe Cyclonic Storm

New Delhi: Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.

As per the IMD, the cyclone might influence monsoon progress as a scientist said that the southern peninsula will get rain under the influence of the cyclonic storm and a low-pressure system developing in the Bay of Bengal.

In a tweet, the IMD said, “Severe Cyclonic storm Biparjoy over east-central and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea at 0830 IST of 07th June, near lat 12.7N and lon 66.2E, about 880km WSW of Goa. Likely to move nearly northwards and intensify into VSCS during next 12 hrs.”

Cyclone Biparjoy intensified by 40 knots (74 kmph) since Tuesday morning, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC), the US Department of Defense’s agency responsible for issuing tropical cyclone warnings for the Pacific and Indian Oceans.