West Bengal: ‘Sitrang’ prone to turn out to be extreme cyclonic storm
By PTI
KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR: The deep melancholy over Bay of Bengal intensified right into a cyclone on Sunday night and could be very prone to collect additional power turning into a extreme cyclonic storm earlier than crossing the Bangladesh coast on October 25 morning, the IMD stated.
The cyclone, named Sitrang by Thailand, could be very prone to intensify right into a extreme cyclonic storm on Monday with wind pace reaching 90 to 100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated.
It is prone to trigger heavy to very heavy rain within the coastal districts of West Bengal and remoted heavy rain in north coastal Odisha, it stated.
At 5.30 pm on Sunday, the cyclone was 580 km south of Sagar Island in West Bengal and 740 km south-southwest of Barisal in Bangladesh, it stated.
It will primarily have an effect on the Sunderbans unfold over West Bengal and Bangladesh as tidal waves are prone to attain a top of six metres owing to the dual impact of the climate system and new moon, deputy director-general of the Regional Met Centre in Kolkata Sanjib Bandopadhyay stated.
After altering course in a northeastward path from northwest-bound, the system will attain north Bay of Bengal earlier than making landfall between Tinkona island and Sandwip near Barisal in Bangladesh within the early morning of Tuesday, he stated.
Bandopadhyay stated that mild to reasonable rain will happen in southern West Bengal districts until Wednesday morning owing to the system.
The system could be very prone to deliver heavy to very heavy rain within the coastal districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas and heavy rain in East and West Midnapore on Monday, he stated.
Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly are prone to obtain reasonable rain on Monday and Tuesday, he stated.
Heavy rain will happen in North and South 24 Parganas and Nadia districts on Tuesday, he stated.
Sitrang will usher in its wake wind reaching pace of 80 to 90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph in coastal North and South 24 Parganas on Tuesday, whereas it can trigger wind reaching pace of 45 to 55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph on Monday in these districts together with East Midnapore.
Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly and West Midnapore are prone to be affected by wind reaching pace of 40 to 50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph on Tuesday, whereas will probably be 30 to 40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph on Monday in these districts, Bandopadhyay informed reporters.
“The main affected area will be the Sunderbans in the coastal areas of North and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal and in Bangladesh,” he stated.
He stated that heavy rain, accompanied by wind gusting as much as 100 kmph and excessive tidal waves is prone to trigger harm to kutcha embankments and roads, disruption of energy and communication strains and harm to kutcha homes.
Bandopadhyay stated the key concern is that breakage of kutcha embankments owing to storm surge accompanied by the excessive astronomical tide on the brand new moon might result in seawater inundation of low-lying areas in these locations.
“The height of the waves due to the cyclone will be one metre above astronomical tide level, but since new moon is on October 25, the tide level owing to it will be five to six metres at West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts, so effective height of the tide at the time of landfall on the morning of that day will be around six metres in North and South 24 Parganas,” he stated.
South 24 Parganas’ district Justice of the Peace Sumit Gupta stated that already 10,000 folks within the district have been moved to safer locations, and work is on to shift one other 30,000 folks.
Seven groups of NDRF and SDRF with 26 personnel in every staff have been on standby within the district, he stated.
The administration can be making certain the protection of home animals, Gupta stated.
The tide stage is prone to be larger on the Bangladesh coast as the peak of waves owing to the cyclone might be round two metres there.
The impending cyclone has dampened spirits of the folks, from kids to elders, planning to have a good time Kali Puja and Deepawali in a grand method after a two-year pandemic-caused lull.
A Kolkata Municipal Corporation official stated it has initiated steps to sort out any state of affairs that will emerge owing to Sitrang within the metropolis, together with conserving all pumping stations absolutely energetic and making preparations for shifting residents of dilapidated buildings to varsities and group halls.
The climate workplace warned that wind pace over sea areas will attain pace of 90 to 100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph in north Bay of Bengal, advising fishermen to not enterprise into the ocean and the suspension of all offshore actions on October 24 and 25.
The climate workplace has suggested suspension of ferry providers in Sunderbans and water-bound vacationer actions on the seaside resort cities of Digha, Mandarmoni, Shankarpur, Bakkhali and Sagar on October 24 and 25.
In Odisha, heavy rains are prone to lash sure locations within the coastal districts of Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur and Puri until 8.
30 am on Monday.
A yellow warning of heavy rainfall was issued for Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, and Cuttack until Tuesday morning.
The Ganjam district administration has restricted entry of vacationers to the Gopalpur seashore.
“The restriction was imposed as people in large numbers thronged the beach on Sunday evening despite a cyclone warning,” stated a senior official.
The IMD additionally suggested hoisting of Local Cautionary Signal Number Three (LC-III) in any respect ports of Odisha, denoting squally climate for ships.
KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR: The deep melancholy over Bay of Bengal intensified right into a cyclone on Sunday night and could be very prone to collect additional power turning into a extreme cyclonic storm earlier than crossing the Bangladesh coast on October 25 morning, the IMD stated.
The cyclone, named Sitrang by Thailand, could be very prone to intensify right into a extreme cyclonic storm on Monday with wind pace reaching 90 to 100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated.
It is prone to trigger heavy to very heavy rain within the coastal districts of West Bengal and remoted heavy rain in north coastal Odisha, it stated.
At 5.30 pm on Sunday, the cyclone was 580 km south of Sagar Island in West Bengal and 740 km south-southwest of Barisal in Bangladesh, it stated.
It will primarily have an effect on the Sunderbans unfold over West Bengal and Bangladesh as tidal waves are prone to attain a top of six metres owing to the dual impact of the climate system and new moon, deputy director-general of the Regional Met Centre in Kolkata Sanjib Bandopadhyay stated.
After altering course in a northeastward path from northwest-bound, the system will attain north Bay of Bengal earlier than making landfall between Tinkona island and Sandwip near Barisal in Bangladesh within the early morning of Tuesday, he stated.
Bandopadhyay stated that mild to reasonable rain will happen in southern West Bengal districts until Wednesday morning owing to the system.
The system could be very prone to deliver heavy to very heavy rain within the coastal districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas and heavy rain in East and West Midnapore on Monday, he stated.
Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly are prone to obtain reasonable rain on Monday and Tuesday, he stated.
Heavy rain will happen in North and South 24 Parganas and Nadia districts on Tuesday, he stated.
Sitrang will usher in its wake wind reaching pace of 80 to 90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph in coastal North and South 24 Parganas on Tuesday, whereas it can trigger wind reaching pace of 45 to 55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph on Monday in these districts together with East Midnapore.
Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly and West Midnapore are prone to be affected by wind reaching pace of 40 to 50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph on Tuesday, whereas will probably be 30 to 40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph on Monday in these districts, Bandopadhyay informed reporters.
“The main affected area will be the Sunderbans in the coastal areas of North and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal and in Bangladesh,” he stated.
He stated that heavy rain, accompanied by wind gusting as much as 100 kmph and excessive tidal waves is prone to trigger harm to kutcha embankments and roads, disruption of energy and communication strains and harm to kutcha homes.
Bandopadhyay stated the key concern is that breakage of kutcha embankments owing to storm surge accompanied by the excessive astronomical tide on the brand new moon might result in seawater inundation of low-lying areas in these locations.
“The height of the waves due to the cyclone will be one metre above astronomical tide level, but since new moon is on October 25, the tide level owing to it will be five to six metres at West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts, so effective height of the tide at the time of landfall on the morning of that day will be around six metres in North and South 24 Parganas,” he stated.
South 24 Parganas’ district Justice of the Peace Sumit Gupta stated that already 10,000 folks within the district have been moved to safer locations, and work is on to shift one other 30,000 folks.
Seven groups of NDRF and SDRF with 26 personnel in every staff have been on standby within the district, he stated.
The administration can be making certain the protection of home animals, Gupta stated.
The tide stage is prone to be larger on the Bangladesh coast as the peak of waves owing to the cyclone might be round two metres there.
The impending cyclone has dampened spirits of the folks, from kids to elders, planning to have a good time Kali Puja and Deepawali in a grand method after a two-year pandemic-caused lull.
A Kolkata Municipal Corporation official stated it has initiated steps to sort out any state of affairs that will emerge owing to Sitrang within the metropolis, together with conserving all pumping stations absolutely energetic and making preparations for shifting residents of dilapidated buildings to varsities and group halls.
The climate workplace warned that wind pace over sea areas will attain pace of 90 to 100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph in north Bay of Bengal, advising fishermen to not enterprise into the ocean and the suspension of all offshore actions on October 24 and 25.
The climate workplace has suggested suspension of ferry providers in Sunderbans and water-bound vacationer actions on the seaside resort cities of Digha, Mandarmoni, Shankarpur, Bakkhali and Sagar on October 24 and 25.
In Odisha, heavy rains are prone to lash sure locations within the coastal districts of Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur and Puri until 8.
30 am on Monday.
A yellow warning of heavy rainfall was issued for Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, and Cuttack until Tuesday morning.
The Ganjam district administration has restricted entry of vacationers to the Gopalpur seashore.
“The restriction was imposed as people in large numbers thronged the beach on Sunday evening despite a cyclone warning,” stated a senior official.
The IMD additionally suggested hoisting of Local Cautionary Signal Number Three (LC-III) in any respect ports of Odisha, denoting squally climate for ships.
