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Cyclone Mocha: According to IMD, the depression is expected to develop into a very intense cyclonic storm by midnight on May 11 over the southeast and adjacent central Bay of Bengal. (Satellite image via IMD)
The weather system is expected to advance northwestward, gradually gain strength and develop into a cyclonic storm over the same area by the evening of May 10.
The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a warning that Cyclone Mocha, which is currently forming over the Bay of Bengal, is expected to develop into a very severe storm by Friday, May 12. The hurricane is expected to bring winds of up to 130 km per hour. . However, the Ministry of Meteorology predicted that Cyclone Mocha will not hit the Indian coast.
Initially identified as a well-defined low pressure area, it developed into a depression on Tuesday evening, bringing winds of 45 to 55 kph and gusts of up to 65 kph over the southeast Bay of Bengal, according to the Indian Meteorological Service. to divide.
The weather system is expected to advance northwestward, gradually gain strength and develop into a cyclonic storm over the same area by the evening of May 10. Continuing on its path, it will increase in intensity and become a severe cyclonic storm by the morning of May 11, eventually evolving into a severe cyclonic storm by midnight on May 11, over the southeastern and adjacent Bay of Bengal.
After that, the system is likely to gradually change course, moving in a northeasterly direction. Landfall is expected between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukpyu (Myanmar) during the late morning hours of May 14, 2023.
The weather system is expected to intensify into a deep depression by 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. Within the next 12 hours, it is expected to develop into Cyclone Mocha, with wind speeds of 80 to 90 kmph and gusts of up to 100kmph.
Precipitation warnings
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Expect rain in most places with heavy to very heavy rain in isolated locations until May 11. Heavy rains are likely in isolated locations over the Andaman Islands on May 12.
Tripura and Mizoram: Expect rain in many places with heavy rain in isolated locations on May 13 and heavy to very heavy rain in isolated locations on May 14.
Nagaland, Manipur and South Assam: Prepare for rain in many places with heavy rain in isolated locations on May 14.
Read also: Cyclone Mocha: Will the storm hit Bengal, Odisha? Low chances, IMD says; Andaman rain alert
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