Cyclone Mocha is anticipated to avoid Bengal and head for the coast of Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Because the sea conditions are likely to be turbulent, the IMD has issued a warning advising fishermen, ships, trawlers, and small boats not to enter into the south-east Bay of Bengal and urging those in the region to return to the coast. A low-pressure region that formed over the Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea on Monday is predicted to build into a cyclone and proceed towards the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast later this week, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).The cyclone will be named Mocha recommended by Yemen. The low-pressure area is predicted to condense into a depression by Tuesday evening and then intensify into a cyclonic storm on Wednesday, according to IMD-Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra. "The cyclonic storm will move north-northwest to the central Bay of Bengal until May 11 and then re-curve and move north-northeast to the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast," Mohapatra said. The weather service also projected severe rain over ...