Cyclone Sitrang to accentuate into extreme cyclonic storm in subsequent 12 hours; IMD points updates 

Cyclone Sitrang: The deep despair over the Bay of Bengal intensified right into a cyclone on Sunday night and could be very more likely to intensify additional right into a extreme cyclonic storm within the subsequent 12 hours, the India Meteorological Division stated on Monday.

The storm was at present mendacity 430 km south of Sagar Island (West Bengal) and 580 km southwest Barisal, Bangladesh. The cyclonic storm, which is known as ‘Sitrang’ as advised by Thailand, will cross Bangladesh’s coast between Tinkona Island and Sandwip tomorrow morning (Tuesday, twenty fifth October).

As a consequence of this climate system, heavy to very heavy rainfall is predicted within the coastal districts of West Bengal and Odisha.

For West Bengal, the climate workplace has issued a yellow alert for 2 districts – North and South 24 Parganas – on Monday, and an orange alert for 4 districts on Tuesday. North & South 24 Parganas and East & West Medinipur are more likely to be hit arduous by heavy to very heavy rain on Tuesday.

In addition to these, the capital metropolis Kolkata, Howrah, and Hooghly are more likely to obtain average rain on Monday and Tuesday.

The IMD has issued a yellow alert for six coastal districts – Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Jajapur, Kendrapara, Cuttak, and Jagatsinghpur – of Odisha.

Deputy Director-Normal of the Regional Met Centre in Kolkata Sanjib Bandopadhyay on Sunday stated that Sitrang will primarily have an effect on the Sunderbans unfold over West Bengal and Bangladesh as tidal waves are more likely to attain a top of six meters.

The system, which is at present mendacity 430 km south of Sagar Island and 580 km southwest of Barisal, will make landfall between Tinkona island and Sandwip close to Barisal within the early morning of Tuesday.

The district administration of South 24 Parganas has already moved 10,000 individuals to safer locations, and it was engaged on shifting one other 30,000 individuals.

District Sumit Gupta instructed information company PTI that seven groups of NDRF and SDRF with 26 personnel in every staff had been on standby within the district. He stated the administration was additionally guaranteeing the security of home animals.

The climate workplace has warned that wind pace over sea areas will attain a pace of 90 to 100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph within the north Bay of Bengal. It suspended all offshore actions on October 24 and 25 and has additionally suggested fishermen to not enterprise into the ocean.

The workplace has suggested the suspension of ferry companies in Sunderbans and water-bound vacationer actions on the seaside resort cities of Digha, Mandarmoni, Shankarpur, Bakkhali, and Sagar on October 24 and 25.  

With inputs from PTI