The India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned on Friday that cyclone Mocha over the southeast Bay of Bengal is prone to trigger `heavy` to `very heavy` rainfall in Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, southern Assam, and components of Manipur and adjoining areas on Saturday and Sunday. The IMD mentioned that the cyclonic storm is prone to transfer north, north-eastwards, and intensify additional into a particularly extreme cyclonic storm over the east-central Bay of Bengal throughout Friday evening.
It would attain its peak depth round Saturday night, the IMD mentioned, including that it’s prone to cross southeast Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukpyu (Myanmar), near Sittwe (Myanmar) round Sunday midday with a most sustained wind velocity of 140-150 kmph gusting to 165 kmph.
Rainfall at most locations in Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, and southern Assam and heavy rainfall at remoted locations could be very possible on Saturday, and heavy to very heavy rainfall at remoted locations of those states on Sunday.
An IMD assertion mentioned that harm to unfastened and unsecured buildings, some breaches within the kutcha street on account of heavy rain with the potential for landslide, uprooting of small timber and breaking of tree branches, harm to small timber and harm to standing crops are prone to happen in these northeastern states.
The state governments of Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Assam, and Manipur have requested the district, catastrophe administration, and all involved authorities to take all precautionary measures to stop lack of life and harm to property.
