IMD on Wednesday predicted that the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards and is likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify gradually into a cyclonic storm over the same region. Fishermen and operators of small ships, boats and trawlers are advised not to venture into the southeast and adjoining central Bay of Bengal during the day.
Cyclone Mocha (Mokha) is suggested by Yemen after the Red Sea port city Mokha, which introduced coffee to the world 500 years ago.
Southern districts of Bengal singe in heat conditions
The southern districts of West Bengal reeled under the heat conditions on Wednesday and the temperature in the region will hover around 40 degree Celsius in the next 24 hours, the Met department said.
The dry westerly wind blew in south Bengal districts with the maximum temperature rising above 40 deg C in many places, according to a bulletin issued by the Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata.
Bankura recorded the maximum temperature of 42.8 deg C during the day, followed by 41.9 deg C in Sriniketan in Birbhum and Panagarh in Paschim Bardhaman and 40.8 deg C in Kharagpur in Paschim Medinipur, the IMD office.
Cyclone ‘Mocha’: Indian Coast Guard on high alert after IMD’s warning
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) units have been placed on high alert amid the warning of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’, said an official statement. IMD on Wednesday predicted that the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards and is likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify gradually into a cyclonic storm over the same region. The statement said that the ICG is geared up for response to Cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ as indicated by IMD and the update had been shared with the fisheries and civil administration.
“Indian Coast Guard is geared up for response to Cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ as indicated by IMD. Weather update is being shared with fisheries and civil administration. ICG units in West Bengal and Odisha were placed on high alert and standby to meet any eventuality,” read the statement.
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