Cyclone Remal: At midnight on May 26, a powerful cyclonic cyclone will traverse the coast of Bengal.

Cyclone Bad news The India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated on Friday that a depression in the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a strong cyclonic storm and make landfall somewhere between Sagar Island in West Bengal and Khepupara in Bangladesh around Sunday midnight.

When the landfall occurs, the meteorological authority predicts wind speeds of up to 100 to 120 km/h.

According to the IMD, the weather system may bring severe to extremely heavy rain to West Bengal’s coastal areas on May 26 and 27.

These are ten things you should know about Cyclone Remal.

1. Currently, Cyclone Remal is located 810 km south of Canning (West Bengal) and 800 km south-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh) over the central Bay of Bengal.
2. By May 25th morning, Cyclone Remal is expected to centre into a cyclonic storm. It then moves almost due north, intensifying into a severe cyclonic storm by Saturday night.
3. The North Indian Ocean is exceptionally warm, and sea surface temperatures of 30 to 31°C have the ability to intensify this cyclone, according to an IMD official.
4. The official went on, “But monsoon winds have already arrived over the Peninsular region, and this system is still tied to that monsoon flow.”
5. The Met Office has issued a warning for severe to extremely heavy rainfall in Kolkata, South and North 24 Parganas, Purba Medinipur, and Howrah districts on May 26 and 27, owing to the cyclone.
6. Additionally, it has issued a warning about gusty winds that could reach speeds of 90 to 100 kmph in South 24 Parganas, 80 to 90 kmph in Purba Medinipur, and 60 to 70 kmph in Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, and Howrah on these days.
7. Beginning on May 25, light to moderate rain and thundershowers are also anticipated to lash north and south of Odisha due to the cyclone’s effects.
8. Most of Mizoram, Tripura, and South Manipur are also expected to see light to moderate rainfall on May 26, while Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, andTripura are likely to see light to moderate rainfall on May 27 and 28.
9. Fishermen in the north Bay of Bengal have been advised by the meteorological office not to go out until early on May 27.
10. The IMD has also forecast that the cyclone won’t have a negative effect on the sixth round of voting in the Lok Sabha election on May 25.

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