Bhubaneswar: The severe cyclonic storm “Mocha” (pronounced as “Mokha”) over the southeast adjoining central Bay of Bengal moved northwards with a speed of 7 kmph during the past 6 hours and lay centered at 2.30 am on Friday over the southeast adjoining central Bay of Bengal near latitude 12.9°N and longitude 88.1°E, about 520 km west-northwest of Port Blair, 1030 km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and 950 km south-southwest of Sittwe (Myanmar).
It is very likely to move north-northeastwards and intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm during the next 6 hours over the central Bay of Bengal. Thereafter, it is likely to continue to move north-northeastwards with further intensification.
It is likely to cross southeast Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukpyu (Myanmar), close to Sittwe (Myanmar) around noon of May 14 as a very severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 150-160 kmph gusting to 175 kmph.
