Sitang will turn into a severe cyclonic storm, Northeast state on alert: 10 facts

cyclone, name sitang Thailand is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm on Monday, with wind speed reaching 90 to 100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph, the Met office was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

According to information shared by the weather forecasting agency, at 5.30 pm on Sunday, the cyclone was 580 km south of Sagar Island in West Bengal and 740 km south-southwest of Barisal in Bangladesh.

Here is a 10-point guide on Cyclone Sitarang

1) The cyclone will primarily 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 the new moon, said Regional Meteorological Center Deputy Director General Kolkata Sanjeev Bandopadhyay .

2) After changing course from northwest to northeast, the system will reach north Bay of Bengal before making landfall between Tinkona Island and sandwich near Barisal in Bangladesh in the early hours of Tuesday.

3) The weather official said that due to the system, there will be light to moderate rain in the districts of South West Bengal till Wednesday morning.

4) This system is very likely to cause heavy to very heavy rains over the coastal districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas and very heavy to very heavy rain over East and West Midnapore on Monday.

5) Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly are likely to receive moderate rain on Monday and Tuesday. He said that there will be heavy rains in North and South 24 Parganas and Nadia districts on Tuesday.

6) Wind gusting to 60 kmph gusting to 40-50 kmph very likely over Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly and West Midnapore on Tuesday, while 30-40 kmph gusting to hit these districts on Monday Winds gusting to 50 kmph are likely, Bandopadhyay told PTI.

7) Sitang will bring wind speed reaching 100 kmph gusting to 80 to 90 kmph gusting to 80 to 90 kmph over Coastal North and South 24 Parganas on Tuesday, while it will reach 65 kmph gusting to 45 to 55 kmph on Monday will deliver air at a speed of Districts with East Midnapore.

8) As a precautionary measure, South 24 Parganas District Magistrate Sumit Gupta said 10,000 people have already been moved to safer places in the district, and work is on to shift another 30,000. Seven teams of NDRF and SDRF were on standby with 26 personnel in each team in the district.

9) An official of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation said that it has taken steps to deal with any situation that may arise due to Sitarang in the cityThis includes keeping all pumping stations fully operational and arranging for the relocation of residents of dilapidated buildings to schools and community halls.

10) In Odisha, a yellow warning of heavy rain was issued for Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack districts till Tuesday morning.

(with PTI inputs)