Cyclone brewing in Bay of Bengal to bring heavy downpour in south Bengal: Met office
PTI
A low-pressure system over the east-central Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm and cross Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island on October 24 night with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph, the Met office said on Monday.
The system is likely to cause heavy to very heavy rain in several south Bengal districts from October 23 to 25, it said. The Met said that the low-pressure system is likely to intensify into a depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal by October 22 and then into a cyclonic storm by the next day.
It is likely to cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during the night of October 24 and early morning of October 25 as a severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph, the Met said.
The system is likely to cause heavy to very heavy rain in several south Bengal districts from October 23 to 25, it said. The Met said that the low-pressure system is likely to intensify into a depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal by October 22 and then into a cyclonic storm by the next day.
It is likely to cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island during the night of October 24 and early morning of October 25 as a severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph, the Met said.