Cyclone Amphan is likely to cross West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts between Sagar Islands in Bengal and Hatiya islands in Bangladesh on May 20
Current Affairs : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has cautioned that Very Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Amphan’ over focal pieces of South Bay of Bengal will increase into Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm in next 6 hours.
“The direction is for the most part towards West Bengal, Sagar Islands and likely towards Bangladesh…. In any case, we need to watch the direction intently. NDRF has conveyed the groups well ahead of time.
They are either conveyed or moving towards the goal,” S N Pradhan, the head of NDRF said.
The tornado is likewise liable to release overwhelming precipitation and high-speed twists in enormous wraps of beach front Odisha and West Bengal. It is probably going to cross West Bengal-Bangladesh drifts between Sagar Islands in Bengal and Hatiya islands in Bangladesh on May 20 as an extreme cyclonic tempest, Regional MeT Director in Kolkata G K Das said.
“The seaside locale of Gangetic West Bengal, including North and South 24 Parganas, Kolkata, East and West Midnapore, Howrah and Hooghly are probably going to encounter light to direct rain at numerous spots with overwhelming deluge at confined places on May 19,” Das included.
Aditi Mehta 