Cyclone Tej update: Deep depression over Bay of Bengal may turn into cyclone by today evening, says IMD. Top 10 points
Cyclone Tej updates: The deep depression formed over the Bay of Bengal may intensify into a cyclone by Monday evening, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said in a bulletin. The cyclonic storm, after its formation, will be called 'Hamoon', a name given by Iran. Cyclone Tej was named by India and and features in the list of storm names adopted by the WMO/ESCAP panel in April 2020.
The India Meteorological Department incidentally is one of the six RSMCs to provide tropical cyclone and storm surge advisories to 13 member countries. 1. As per latest IMD update, Cyclone Tej weakens and moves northwest in Arabian Sea, It added that during the next six hours, the cyclone will move North wards and weaken into 'very severe cyclonic storm'.
2. The system is currently located in west-central Bay of Bengal after moving northeastwards on Sunday night. It lies centred around 400 km from Odisha's Paradip and 550 km south-southwest of Digha in West Bengal.
3. As per IMD's morning bulletin, “It is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm over the next 12 hours. It is very likely to move north-northeastwards and cross the Bangladesh coast between Khepupara and Chittagong around October 25 evening as a deep depression." 4.
According to liver tracking of Cyclone Tej, the cyclonic storm is which has become a very severe cyclonic storm now, is closing in on the coast of Yemen. 5. The Odisha government has asked all the district collectors to remain prepared for any eventuality, and directed the administration to evacuate people from low-lying areas in the event of heavy rain.
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