Cyclone Vayu has changed its course and now it has moved towards Oman. As per the latest IMD report, the cyclone has moved westwards and lay centred about 130 km southwest of Porbandar, 175 km west of Veraval and 240 km west of Diu.
It will affect Porbandar, Dwarka, Gir, Somnath and Junagarh and is expected to continuously affect these districts during the next 12 hours. The wind speed over these districts is more likely to decrease gradually thereafter.
Meanwhile, the Airports Authority of India has decided to resume the flight services at 5 airports in the state from 6 am today. The AAI said in a statement, “After assessing the situation and the prevailing weather patterns as per the locally available meteorological reports.  Kandla and Keshod airports will resume the normal flight operations from 12 midnight today.”
Though, the flight operations will resume at Bhavnagar Airport from 6 am, Diu and Porbandar Airports will become operational from 10 am.
Gujarat chief minister, Vijay Rupani said, “Despite the cyclone veering away the government will have to wait till 8 am today to take any decision. The CM, however, said that the evacuation camps will remain operational until today.”