Cyclon Sitrang to make landfall at Bangladesh coast tomorrow; Manipur on severe rainfall alert
HY News
23 October, 2022 07:32 pm IST
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The deep depression over Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm Sitrang. India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, the cyclonic storm is very likely to further intensify into a more severe one today with wind speed reaching 90 to 100 km per hour and gusting to 110 km per hour.
It is expected to cross Bangladesh's coast between Tinkona Island and Sandwip tomorrow morning. IMD said, the storm will mainly impact the Sunderbans over the Bay of Bengal.
Sitrang, which is likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm, will bring in its wake heavy to very heavy rain and wind reaching speed of 90 to 100 kmph, gusting to 110 kmph, in the coastal districts of South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and East Midnapore on Monday, the weather office said.
IMD said moderate rainfall to very heavy rainfall likely to occur at over North Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur; while extremely heavy rainfall likely to occur over South Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Tripura on 24 October.
The NDRF has made its teams available to the States and additional teams are also being kept in readiness. Rescue and relief teams of the Army and Navy along with ships and aircraft have been kept ready on standby.
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