The Meteorological Department said that the cyclonic storm developing in the Bay of Bengal will mainly affect the Sundarbans spread over West Bengal and Bangladesh, as the tidal waves are likely to reach a height of six meters due to the dual effect of the weather system and astronomical tides. Is. on Sunday.
The deep pressure over central Bay of Bengal (BOB) is very likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by Sunday evening and after changing course from northwest to northeast direction, the system will make landfall between Tinkona Island and Sandwich North BOB before making landfall. Will reach to. A top official said in Barisal, Bangladesh, in the early hours of Tuesday.
“The main affected area will be the Sundarbans in West Bengal and the coastal areas of North and South 24 Parganas districts of Bangladesh,” said Sanjib Bandopadhyay, Deputy Director General, Regional Meteorological Center.
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“The main affected area will be the Sundarbans in the coastal areas of West Bengal and North and South 24 Parganas districts of Bangladesh”Sanjib BandyopadhyayDeputy Director General of Regional Meteorological Center
The cyclone is expected to be named ‘Sitang’ as suggested by Thailand.
He said heavy rains, winds gusting up to 100 kmph and high tidal waves are likely to cause damage to ‘kacha’ (mud) embankments, roads and houses, disrupt power and communication lines.
“The wave height due to the cyclone will be one meter above the astronomical tidal level, but since the new moon is on October 25, the tidal level due to it will be five to six meters off the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh, so effective landfall that day. The height of the tide will be around six meters in North and South 24 Parganas at the time of
He said that the tidal level is likely to be higher along the Bangladesh coast, as the height of the waves will be around two meters due to the cyclone.
Mr Bandopadhyay said that the districts of South Bengal would receive light to moderate rain due to the system from Sunday evening to Wednesday morning.
Moderate rains are likely over Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly on Monday and Tuesday.
This system is very likely to bring winds gusting to 100 kmph gusting to 80-90 kmph gusting to 80-90 kmph over Coastal North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas on Tuesday, while gusting to 45-55 kmph on Monday A speed of up to 65 kmph can be experienced. In these districts along with East Midnapore, the IMD said in a bulletin.
It is very likely to be affected with gusting to 60 kmph gusting to 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph on Tuesday and 30-40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph very likely over Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly and West Midnapore on Monday .
A Kolkata Municipal Corporation official said it has taken steps to deal with any situation arising due to the impending cyclone in the metropolis, including keeping all pumping stations active and moving residents from dilapidated buildings to local schools or community centres. Including making arrangements to move to the hall.
warning to fishermen
The Met Office also said that the wind speed would reach 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph over the sea areas over the Bay of Bengal, and asked fishermen not to venture into the sea.
It advised suspension of ferry services in the Sunderbans and waterways tourism activities in the seaside resort towns of Digha, Mandarmoni, Shankarpur, Bakkhali and Sagar on Monday and Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Odisha government said it has prepared for possible heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday, when the cyclone will pass parallel to the state’s coast.
The IMD issued a ‘yellow’ warning for heavy rainfall (7-11 cm) at one or two places in Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur and Puri districts till Monday morning.
It warned of heavy rain at one or two places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Cuttack from Monday morning till Tuesday morning.