Cyclone Mora to intensify in next 24 hours; heavy rains expected in WB and North East
A tropical cyclone formed in Bay of Bengal is set to hit Bangladesh and Myanmar. A deep depression, Mora has now become a cyclonic storm and is expected to hit Bangladesh coast in the next 24 hours. The storm that has brought devastation in Sri Lanka and claimed the lives of at-least 164 people, now centers within 500 km of Bangladesh coast.
Under the influence of the Cyclone Mora over east-central Bay of Bengal, which is likely to intensify further into severe cyclonic storm during next 12 hours, conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some parts of southeast Arabian Sea, southwest Bay of Bengal and east central Bay of Bengal, remaining parts of southeast Bay of Bengal and some parts of west central and northeast Bay of Bengal during the next 24 hours, a weather forecast bulletin of the IMD said.
With the strengthening of westerlies and likely northward shift of the shear zone, conditions are also becoming favourable for further advance of Southwest monsoon and its setting in over Kerala and parts of northeastern states around May 30-31, the IMD bulletin said.
According to the IMD, the deep depression over east-central Bay of Bengal moved further northeastwards during past 6 hours with a speed of 18 kmph and lay centred at 1730 hours IST of Sunday over east-central Bay of Bengal near Latitude 15.7 degree N and Longitude 90.7 degree E, about 800 km nearly south–southeast of Kolkata and 740 km south–southwest of Chittagong.
