New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted wind speed of 45 kmph to 65 kmph in coastal areas of Odisha after the formation of a low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal and one of them There is a possibility of turning into a severe cyclone.
An official of the Meteorological Department said that a low pressure area has formed over the Bay of Bengal, which can later turn into a major storm in the West Central Bay of Bengal. He said that the wind speed is likely to increase in and around the Andhra Pradesh coast from November 15.
Winds will blow for two days – 15 and 16 November.IMD scientist Umashankar Dash on Tuesday said the low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Andaman and Nicobar Islands before turning into a depression over west central Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh coast on November 16. There is a possibility of moving towards north-west.
Dash said that later the system will again turn north-northeast and reach the northwest Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast on November 17.IMD has said that if and when the low pressure area intensifies into a cyclonic storm and turns into a depression, it will be called ‘Midhili’. IMD has advised fishermen not to go into the sea from 15 to 17 November until further notice.
The Meteorological Department has also predicted light to moderate rain in some coastal districts of Odisha on November 15. It has also been said that its intensity is likely to increase in the next days and there will be very heavy rain at different places on November 16.
