This pre-monsoon season, Remal is the first cyclone to hit the Bay of Bengal.
By Sunday midnight, Cyclone “Remal,” which has strengthened into a powerful cyclonic storm, is predicted to make landfall between Bangladesh and the coast of West Bengal. The Met Department predicts that the storm will feature maximum sustained winds of 110–120 km/h with gusts as high as 135 km/h.
It is anticipated that the severe storm would bring heavy to very heavy rain to Kolkata and the surrounding areas and extremely heavy rain to the coastal districts of West Bengal. By Sunday midnight, the storm is expected to have moved further north, intensified, and made landfall between Sagar Island in West Bengal and Khepupara in Bangladesh, which is located southwest of Mongla port. The meteorological office predicts maximum sustained winds of 110–120 km/h with gusts as high as 135 km/h.
View the top ten most recent updates on Cyclone “Remal”:-
- A low-pressure system over the southwest and west-central Bay of Bengal gave rise to Cyclone Remal.
- Cyclone Remal is expected to intensify further, bringing with it storm surges, severe gusts, and a lot of rain, according to the IMD. The current warning may be extended if necessary, and it is in effect until May 28.
- The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued warnings for extremely heavy to very heavy rainfall in north Odisha and coastal regions of West Bengal on May 26 and 27. On May 27 and 28, Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh are predicted to see heavy to very heavy rain, while Assam and Meghalaya are predicted to experience extremely heavy rain.
- From May 26 to 28, the Agartala meteorological department has issued orange alerts for Tripura. They are alerting all districts to the possibility of thunderstorms with lightning, squally winds of 50–60 kmph with gusts up to 70 kmph, and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall.
- During the warning hours, the weather service recommends people to stay inside and avoid going outside.
- Zaheer Abbas, an NDRF inspector, stated on Saturday that his teams are ready for the cyclone. “Our forces are prepared to handle any calamity, should the storm strike. We are prepared to handle any scenario and have the necessary equipment for both flood and tree fall rescues,” he told ANI.
- Starting on Sunday, flight operations at Kolkata airport will be suspended for 21 hours due to Cyclone Remal. “In view of Cyclone Remal’s impact on West Bengal’s coastal region, including Kolkata, flight operations will be suspended from 12:00 PM on May 26 to 9:00 AM on May 27 due to predicted heavy winds and rainfall,” according to the airport authority.
- Numerous local trains that typically link Kolkata and Howrah with neighboring districts have been canceled in the Sealdah and Howrah divisions. Beginning Sunday evening, all cargo and container handling activities at Kolkata’s Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port will be suspended for twelve hours.
- On Saturday, officials from West Bengal started evacuating residents from vulnerable, low-lying, and coastal districts.
- The first cyclone of the pre-monsoon season in the Bay of Bengal is named Cyclone ‘Remal’. ‘Remal’ means’sand’ in Arabic and was named in accordance with the Indian Ocean region’s cyclone naming procedure. The first cyclone of the pre-monsoon season in the Bay of Bengal is named Cyclone ‘Remal’. ‘Remal’ means ‘sand’ in Arabic and was named in accordance with the Indian Ocean region’s cyclone naming procedure.For more information about cyclone remal:-
