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Cyclone 'Tej' Turns Into 'Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm', Likely To Cross Yemen And Oman On October 25

The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) Cyclone 'Tej', that is brewing over the Arabian Sea, transformed into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (ESCS) on Sunday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

In June, cyclone Biparjoy which originated in the Arabian Sea ripped through Kutch and parts of Saurashtra in Gujarat
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The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) Cyclone 'Tej', that is brewing over the Arabian Sea, transformed into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm (ESCS) on Sunday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. This would be the second cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea this year.바카라 웹사이트

The storm is likely to cross between바카라 웹사이트Al Ghaidah (Yemen) and Salalah (Oman)바카라 웹사이트in the early hours of October 25.바카라 웹사이트The last cyclone to make landfall in this region was Cyclone Mekunu, over 5 years ago in 2018.

However, meteorologists caution that at times, storms may deviate from the predicted track and intensity, as seen in the case of cyclone Biparjoy, which formed in the Arabian Sea in June and initially moved in a north-northwest direction before changing course to make landfall between Mandvi in Gujarat and Karachi in Pakistan.

According to the weather forecast agency, the very severe cyclonic storm바카라 웹사이트Tej intensified to extremely severe cyclonic storm바카라 웹사이트and lay about 160 km east-southeast of Socotra (Yemen), 540 km south-southeast of Salalah (Oman) and바카라 웹사이트550 km southeast바카라 웹사이트of Al Ghaidah (Yemen). The storm is likely to move northwest and cross coasts between Al Ghaidah and바카라 웹사이트Salalah around noon of October바카라 웹사이트as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS).

The storm is likely to move northwestwards till October 24. It is then바카라 웹사이트likely 바카라 웹사이트to cross Yemen-Oman Coasts바카라 웹사이트Between Al바카라 웹사이트Ghaidah바카라 웹사이트
and Salalah, close to바카라 웹사이트east바카라 웹사이트of바카라 웹사이트Al바카라 웹사이트Ghaidah, at around 11:30 am of October 24.바카라 웹사이트

Will the storm affect Gujarat?

Private forecasting agency Skymet Weather said that a majority of models indicate the storm is heading for the Yemen-Oman coast. However, the Global Forecast System models suggest a recurvature while positioned over the deep central parts of the Arabian Sea, steering the system towards Pakistan and the Gujarat coast, it said.

Meanwhile, an IMD official said that the cyclone will not have any impact on Gujarat.바카라 웹사이트"Since the cyclone would move towards west-northwest, it may not have any impact on Gujarat (which lies to the east). Weather in Gujarat will remain dry for the next seven days,"바카라 웹사이트said Manorama Mohanty, director of the Meteorological Centre in Ahmedabad.바카라 웹사이트

The state's relief commissioner Alok Kumar Pandey said as of now there was no threat 바카라 웹사이트as the storm was heading towards Gujarat.바카라 웹사이트

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