Cyclonic storm likely in coastal Maharashtra, Gujarat

Mumbai, May 31

A low-pressure area has formed in the Arabian Sea that might develop into a cyclonic storm and could move towards the coasts of Maharashtra and Gujarat by June 3, the Meteorological Department said in a statement today.

“A low-pressure area has developed over southeast and adjoining east-central Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep area with associated cyclonic circulation extending up to mid-tropospheric levels,” the regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai, said in a tweet.

The department said the low-pressure area might turn into a depression and then into a cyclonic storm, which is “very likely to move northwards and reach north Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts by June 3”. “It is likely to concentrate into a depression over the east-central and adjoining south-east Arabian Sea in 24 hours,” it said. — PTI