By Cyclone Mocha May Intensify Into Very Severe Cyclonic Storm By Friday! Landfall Likely Near Bangladesh-Myanmar
Cyclone Mocha, named after the Red Sea port city of Mocha, located in Yemen, is a severe weather event currently developing over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea. As per predictions, So Cyclone Mocha might make landfall on the eastern coast mid-May, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rainfall, and thunderstorms.
As a result of the potential impact of the cyclone, several states across India are on high alert. Local disaster response teams are ready to respond in case of any emergency, and the weather department has issued a warning in 18 districts of Odisha regarding cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’.
The weather agency has issued a yellow warning for rain along with thunderstorms for several districts of Odisha, including Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, and Puri.
Status of Mocha
The system that had been brewing in the Bay of Bengal since last week finally began to take shape on Monday, So upon the formation of a low-pressure area in the southeastern parts of the sea. Now, further intensification and movement are on the cards for the rest of this week.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the aforementioned low over southeast BoB and adjoining South Andaman Sea became a well-marked low-pressure area around 5:30 a.m. today.
From here on, it is expected to intensify into a depression over the same region by today evening, and subsequently into a cyclonic storm over southeast and adjoining east-central BoB and the Andaman Sea by tomorrow (Wednesday, May 10).
The Weather Channel’s for Cyclone Mocha
Finally Thereafter, The Weather Channel’s met team has indicated that the cyclone will continue to strengthen further, possibly intensifying into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) by Friday, So May 12! The third highest category used by the IMD to classify tropical cyclones, a VSCS has 3-minute average maximum sustained wind speeds between 119-165 kmph.
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