After making landfall over coastal areas of West Bengal and Bangladesh, severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Remal’ is expected to continue moving northwards for a while before turning north-northeast and gradually weakening into a Cyclonic Storm, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday.
The cyclone moved northward and crossed the Bangladesh and adjacent West Bengal coasts between Sagar Islands and Khepupara, near the southwest of Mongla, the IMD reported.
“The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Remal’ over the North Bay of Bengal moved nearly northwards, with a speed of 13 kmph during past 06 hours, crossed Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal Coasts between Sagar Islands and Khepupara close to southwest of Mongla near Latitude 21.75°N and Longitude 89.2°E between 22:30 hrs IST of 26th May to 00:30 hrs IST of 27th May 2024 as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with wind speed of 110 to 120 Kmph gusting to 135 Kmph,” said IMD in a post on X.
Severe Cyclonic Storm Remal over Coastal Bangladesh and adjoining Coastal West Bengal weakened into Cyclonic Storm at 0530hrs of the 27 May about 70km northeast of Canning and 30km westsouthwest of Mongla. The system is likely to gradually weaken further: IMD pic.twitter.com/4IYjwZyzLF
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“It lay centered at 01:30 hrs IST of today, the 27th May, 2024 over Coastal Bangladesh and adjoining Coastal West Bengal, near latitude 21.9°N and longitude 89.2°E about 115 km east of Sagar Islands (West Bengal), 105 km west-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh), 70 km southeast of Canning (West Bengal) and 50 km south-southwest of Mongla (Bangladesh). The system would continue to move nearly northwards for some more time and then north-northeastwards and weaken gradually into a Cyclonic Storm by morning of 27,” the post added.
In Kolkata, the Municipality and Kolkata Police Disaster Management teams are working to clear uprooted trees. Morning visuals show heavy rain and gusty winds hitting the South 24 Parganas district and Kolkata.