Bhubaneswar: The Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm “Mocha” (pronounced as “Mokha”) over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal moved nearly northeastwards with a speed of 14 kmph during past 6 hours, a bulletin issued by the IMD at 1 pm on Saturday noted.
The system lays centered over the same region, about 560 km north-northwest of Port Blair, 680 km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and 600 km southwest of Sittwe (Myanmar).
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) around noon of 14th May, as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm with maximum sustained wind speed of 150 to 160 kmph gusting to 175 kmph, the IMD stated.
