Cyclone Vayu no longer a threat, may return to Kutch on June 17

Gujarat can finally heave a sigh of relief after Cyclone Vayu failed to make landfall in the state and just skirted it. Though IMD informed on Thursday that the cyclone had sidestepped the state, it had warned of heavy winds and rains for the state and as a result the state had continued to be on the alert.
However, the relief is likely to be short lived. IMD officials said that Cyclone Vayu is likely to recurve and hit the Kutch coast of Gujarat. "Vayu is likely to recurve on June 16 and hit Kutch between June 17-18," M Rajeevan, secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, told agencies. He however said the intensity of the cyclone is likely to get reduced. He added that it may hit the coast as a cyclonic storm or a deep depression. He said the Gujarat government has been alerted about the possible recurvature of the cyclonic storm.

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