Cyclone 'Hamoon' has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm, and currently lies close to Odisha, West Bengal and Bangladesh, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest update on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. The cyclonic storm currently lies about 290 km of Paradip in Odisha, 270 km of Digha in West Bengal, and 230 km south-southwest of Khepupara in Bangladesh.
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00:00 "Cyclone Harmoon has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm and currently lies close
00:10 to Odisha, West Bengal and Bangladesh," the Indian Meteorological Department said in its
00:14 latest update on X on Tuesday.
00:16 The cyclonic storm currently lies about 290 km of Paradeep in Odisha, 270 km of Digha
00:23 in West Bengal and 230 km south-southwest of Kheppupara in Bangladesh.
00:28 It is likely to intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm in a few hours as the
00:33 system moves in the Bay of Bengal at a speed of 21 km/hr, the IMD added.
00:38 Thereafter, it is likely to weaken gradually while moving north-eastwards and cross the
00:42 Bangladesh coast between Kheppupara and Chittagong around Tuesday evening.
00:46 As a cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 65-75 km/hr gusting to 85 km/hr, the weather office
00:53 said.
00:54 As many as seven states have been put on rainfall alert and fishermen have also been asked not
00:58 to venture into the Bay of Bengal till October 25.
01:01 The states on alert include Odisha, West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Assam and Meghalaya.
01:06 The IMD has issued a rainfall warning in Manipur, Mizoram, South Assam and Meghalaya for today
01:10 and tomorrow and Odisha and West Bengal for today.
01:13 Furthermore, the Met Department has issued fishermen warnings in the Bay of Bengal.
01:16 They have been asked not to venture into the east-central, west-central, north and along
01:20 and off Odisha, West Bengal, Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts till October 25.
01:26 Meanwhile, another cyclone called Tej that originated over the Arabian Sea turned into
01:30 an extremely severe cyclonic storm on Sunday.
01:33 As per the IMD's latest update, Tej has crossed Yemen coast and weakened into a severe cyclonic
01:38 storm over coastal Yemen.
01:39 "It is very likely to move further northwestwards and weaken into a cyclonic storm during the
01:44 next six hours," the IMD said on X.
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