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    Vikshita Vitthal Gujaran in News

    21-Oct-2022 07:30 AM


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    Cyclone Sitrang: These states are likely to receive heavy rainfall from Monday

    A low-pressure area over the north Andaman Sea and adjoining areas of the south Andaman Sea and the southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to gradually intensify into a cyclonic storm over the west-central and adjoining eastcentral Bay of Bengal by Monday, according to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
    The weather forecasting agency said that the system is very likely to recurve northwards and intensify into a cyclonic storm over the westcentral and adjoining eastcentral Bay of Bengal by Monday, October 24.
    Cyclone Sitrang Six regional specialized meteorological centres (RSMCs) and five regional Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs) are mandated for issuing advisories and naming of tropical cyclones.
    IMD is one of the six RSMCs to provide tropical cyclone and storm surge advisories to 13 member countries under the WMO/ESCAP Panel – Bangladesh, India, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
    The cyclone will be called Sitrang (pronounced as Si-trang), one of the names suggested by Thailand.
    Gangetic West Bengal is expected to receive isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall on October 24-25 and isolated extremely heavy rainfall on October 26.

    Source - Hindustan Times
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