New Delhi, May 11 (PTI) Cyclone Mocha was gaining energy and set to accentuate into a really extreme cyclonic storm by Friday morning, packing winds of as much as 135 kmph, and prone to transfer in direction of the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast, the climate workplace mentioned on Thursday evening. At 5:30 pm, the cyclonic storm lay over south-east Bay of Bengal, about 520 km west of Port Blair and 1,100 km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazaar, a fishing port in Bangladesh, the India Meteorological Department mentioned.
The climate workplace mentioned Cyclone Mocha (pronounced Mokha), named by Yemen after its Red Sea port metropolis, will additional intensify on Friday and re-curve north-northeastwards for a Sunday landfall between Cox’s Bazaar and Kyaukpyu, near port metropolis Sittwe in Myanmar, packing winds of 175 kmph.
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The climate workplace has requested fishermen, ships, boats and trawlers to not enterprise into central and northeast Bay of Bengal and north Andaman Sea until Sunday. Those crusing in central Bay of Bengal and north Andaman Sea are suggested to return to coast. The IMD predicted a storm surge of 1.5-2 metres for the low-lying coastal area of Bangladesh close to Cox’s Bazaar.
Under the affect of the climate system, Tripura and Mizoram are prone to get heavy rainfall Saturday onwards. Nagaland, Manipur and south Assam are anticipated to get rainfall at many locations on Sunday.
