The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported on Sunday that a storm is brewing in the Arabian Sea, 70 kilometres off the Gujarat coast in Okha, with wind speeds exceeding 50 km/h and moving towards Oman.
Notably, the weather system, classified as a depression, has been monitored by cyclone watchers at IMD since its formation 100 kilometres west of the Porbandar coast on Saturday morning.
The weather office notified that the sea condition is very likely to become rough along and off the Gujarat coast till Sunday evening and fishermen are advised not to venture out in the sea till the storm dissipates.
The IMD said the depression over northeast Arabian Sea off Saurashtra and Kutch coasts moved northwestwards slowly during last six hours with a speed of 5 kmph and lay centred at 5:30 am on Sunday, about 170 km west northwest of Porbandar, 70 km west-northwest of Okha, 70 km south-southwest of Naliya (Gujarat) and 270 km south-southeast of Karachi (Pakistan).
Meanwhile in the wake of extremely heavy rainfall, at least 811 people were rescued along several animals and birds after a flood-like situation arose in Navsari district in Gujarat. Additionally, the rescue teams provided food to the animals stranded in the flood-affected areas. The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert in two districts of Gujarat, Dang and Valsad. Valsad has already been reeling under flood waters for the past few days.