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A cyclonic storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify further by tomorrow morning and reach near the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh as a severe cyclone, said IMD predicting its landfall over the Bangladesh coast on May 26 midnight.
“WML concentrated to Depression over central Bay of Bengal(BoB) at 0530hrs of 24May. Likely to move northeastwards and intensify further into a cyclone over eastcentral BoB by 25 morning. Subsequently, it would move nearly northwards, intensify into a severe cyclone by 25evening”, read the tweet by IMD.
It further said, “Continuing to move nearly northward, it is very likely to cross Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal coasts between Sagar Island and Khepupara around 26th May midnight as a severe cyclonic storm.”
The well-defined low pressure will continue to move northeast, eventually forming a depression over central sections of the Bay of Bengal on Friday morning. Following that, it is forecast to continue northeastward, intensifying into a cyclonic storm over the east-central Bay of Bengal by Saturday morning. It would then proceed roughly northward, eventually reaching Bangladesh and the bordering Bengal beaches as a strong cyclonic storm on Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, various weather models have projected the storm’s landfall. According to the global forecast systems of IMD, NCUM, and IMD MME, the strong cyclonic storm will make landfall on the Bangladesh coast around May 26 at midnight.
According to IMD, the strong Cyclone ‘Remal’ will reach landfall around midnight on May 26, although the actual location of landfall is yet to be determined.
The severe cyclonic storm is expected to cause light to moderate rainfall in most parts of north Odisha. Balasore, Bhadrak, and Kendrapara districts are likely to see heavy to very heavy rainfall.
Although the cyclone has no direct impact on Odisha, the sea conditions will be quite turbulent. As a result, the IMD has urged fishermen not to venture out into the sea between May 24 and May 27.
