Cyclone Sitrang: Deep melancholy intensifies into cyclonic storm, IMD points alerts
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Cyclone Sitrang: Deep melancholy intensifies into cyclonic storm, IMD points alerts

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Cyclone Sitrang: A deep melancholy over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Sitrang’, the India Meteorological Division (IMD) mentioned on Sunday. In a tweet, the climate forecasting company mentioned the deep melancholy over the Bay of Bengal intensified into the cyclonic storm ‘Sitrang’ at 5:30 pm, 580 km south of Sagar Island and 740 km south-southwest of Barisal (Bangladesh). 

The storm will transfer north-northeastwards and cross Bangladesh’s coast between Tinkona Island and Sandwip round Tuesday early morning, the division added. Cyclone Sitrang will primarily impression the Sunderbans unfold over West Bengal and Bangladesh, as tidal waves are more likely to attain a top of six metres.

IMD Kolkata’s Deputy Director Normal Sanjib Bandopadhyay mentioned the principle affected space would be the Sunderbans within the coastal areas of North and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal and in Bangladesh. 

He mentioned the peak of the waves as a result of cyclone can be one metre above the astronomical tide degree. However for the reason that new moon is on October 25, he mentioned, the tide degree owing to it will likely be 5 to 6 metres at West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts, so the efficient top of the tide on the time of landfall on Tuesday morning can be round six metres in North and South 24 Parganas.

The IMD has predicted heavy rainfall for components of West Bengal and Odisha. For Odisha, the division predicted gentle to reasonable rainfall with remoted heavy fall at many locations over coastal districts on twenty fourth and remoted heavy rainfall over north coastal districts on Tuesday, 25 October. In Odisha, districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, and Cuttack are predicted to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall throughout the subsequent two days. 

In West Bengal, gentle to reasonable rainfall at most locations with remoted heavy to very heavy fall is probably going over coastal districts South and North Parganas, East and adjoining West Medinipur on Monday, twenty fourth October. The climate workplace has issued an orange alert for these 4 districts on Monday. 

“Mild to reasonable rainfall at many with remoted heavy to very heavy rainfall is probably going over coastal districts (South & North Parganas and Nadia) of West Bengal on twenty fifth October,” it mentioned. For these three districts, the IMD has issued a yellow alert for Tuesday. 

With inputs from PTI