New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The landfall process of Cyclone Mocha has commenced. Heavy rainfall along with the gale wind is occurring over the north Myanmar-Bangladesh coasts and the forward sector of the eye wall is entering into these coastal areas.
In its latest bulletin, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the extremely severe cyclonic storm “Mocha” (pronounced as “Mokha”) over the northeast and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal has moved nearly north-northeastwards with a speed of 28 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centered at 11.30 hours IST on Monday over Northeast Bay of Bengal near latitude 19.9°N and longitude 92.5°E, about 40 km southwest of Sittwe (Myanmar) and 170 km south-southeast of Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh).
It is very likely to move north-northeastwards and cross southeast Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukpyu (Myanmar), close to Sittwe (Myanmar) within a few hours as an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm with maximum sustained wind speed of 180-190 kmph gusting to 210 kmph.
