High tides at the Chowpatty beach in Porbandar on Wednesday. ), As of Thursday afternoon, Ministry of Earth Science had stated that very Severe Cyclonic Storm VAYU is very likely to move north-northwestwards for some time and then northwestwards skirting the Saurashtra coast affecting Gir Somnath, Diu, Junagarh, Porbandar and Devbhoomi Dwarka. Just two weeks before the cyclone hit, the state Government announced that 10,000 of the state's 18,725 villages were scarcity-affected, and the Central Government had been desperately petitioned for 85,000 tonnes of wheat, rice and coarse grains. Here’s what historians say, Viswanathan Anand remembers singing legend SP Balasubrahmanyam, Bollywood drugs probe: NCB's questions to Sara Ali Khan accessed. As of Thursday afternoon, Ministry of Earth Science had stated that very Severe Cyclonic Storm VAYU is very likely to move north-northwestwards for some time and then northwestwards skirting the Saurashtra coast affecting Gir Somnath, Diu, Junagarh, Porbandar and Devbhoomi Dwarka with wind speed 135-145 kmph gusting to 160 kmph from afternoon of June 13th. Anwar Patel president of Veraval Fishermen Community said, "heavy winds and waves as of now have damaged 40 to 45 boats at Jaleshwar area of Veraval.". Early on November 8, the radar at Bombay (range: 400 km) picked up the by then severe cyclone and thereafter kept it under constant surveillance. The cyclone took a steep toll. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. Cyclone devastation along Saurashtra coast of Gujarat in November 1982. To top it all, Gujarat was blighted by a severe shortage of electricity, the shortfall touching 700 mw by end October. Another fisherman, Gafur Bhai Patel demanded assistance from government and said, "These boats are our livelihood and government must help us during such loss is not easy to bear for us," he said. Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 will be tested on 100 Indian volunteers, China dictates terms to Indian press, protests WION's interview with Taiwan foreign minister Joseph Wu, US elections: Look at Russia, China and India, it's filthy, says Trump on carbon emissions. In Gujarat, the storm uprooted trees and damaged 8,000 ha (20,000 acres) of crop fields, with 2,113 cattle killed between Gujarat and neighboring Maharashtra to the south. It was a visitation of grief and destruction, a cruel twist to the suffering Gujarat was already shrouded in. rights reserved. ", Marine Fisheries Information Service. Home Minister Prabodh Raval coordinated much of the panic-stricken, post-facto relief operations - which were in any case far from satisfactory. Anwar Patel president of Veraval Fishermen Community said, "heavy winds and waves as of now have damaged 40 to 45 boats at Jaleshwar area of Veraval."

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