In the last 24 hours, the maximum impact of the cyclone was seen in Jalore, Sirohi and Barmer as heavy rain was recorded in these districts
Jaipur: The districts of Barmer, Sirohi, Udaipur, Jalore and Jodhpur in western Rajasthan experienced heavy rain on Saturday, June 17, with wind speeds of 50 to 60 kph, in the wake of Cyclone Biparjoy,
In the last 24 hours, the maximum impact of the cyclone was seen in Jalore, Sirohi and Barmer as heavy rain was recorded in these districts.
The Meteorological Department has issued an ‘orange’ alert for Barmer, Jalore, Sirohi and Pali for Saturday.
Fourteen trains passing through Barmer have been cancelled while two flights from Udaipur to Delhi and Mumbai have also been cancelled.
More than 5,000 people of five villages of Barmer adjacent to the Pakistan border have been evacuated to safer places.
Three inches of rainfall was recorded in Churu’s Bidasar on Friday night, while strong winds were blowing at a speed of 62 kph in many areas of Sirohi.
In the last 24 hours, maximum rainfall of 5 inch each was recorded at Sedwa in Barmer and Mount Abu in Sirohi.
Intermittent rain continued since Friday night at Sanchore in Jalore district, leading to power cuts in many villages. Bus and rail service has been completely stopped due to the cyclone.
Cyclone Biparjoy, which means “disaster” in Bengal,i tore down power poles and uprooted trees Friday after pummelling the Indian coastline, but the storm was weaker than feared and there were only two confirmed deaths.
More than 180,000 people in the Indian state of Gujarat and Pakistan’s neighbouring Sindh province fled the path of Biparjoy — — before it made landfall on Thursday evening.
The storm packed sustained winds of up to 125 kilometres (78 miles) per hour as it struck. Driving rain and howling winds continued to lash the state’s coast on Friday despite the worst of the danger receding.
State relief commissioner Alok Pandey told reporters that nearly 500 homes had been partially damaged after Biparjoy made landfall.
More than 1,000 villages around the coast were without electricity on Friday as the force of the storm knocked down power lines.
Rain in parts of Delhi
Delhi on Friday received a fresh spell of rain under the influence of Cyclone Biparjoy and a western disturbance active over the northwest Himalayan region, the weather office said.
During the past 24 hours, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 27.9 degrees Celsius on Friday, while the maximum is likely to settle around 38 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
5,120 electricity poles damaged
Cyclone Biparjoy caused extensive financial loss to the state power utility Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited with 5,120 electricity poles getting damaged, according to officials. As many as 4,600 villages were left without power, but electricity supply was restored in 3,580,
Pakistan was fearing situation like 2022 floods
Pakistan’s Sindh province had experienced one of the country’s deadliest floods last summer, as at least 1,739 people were killed and 330 lakh were displaced
In Gujarat, more than 100,000 people had been moved from the storm’s path before it struck, the state government said, as well as 82,000 others in Pakistan.
Pakistan climate change minister Sherry Rehman said “no human lives were lost” on her side of the border.
“Thank God it did not directly hit the coastal areas of Pakistan,” she told broadcaster Dunya.
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