• Coastal areas in Bengal are on high alert as Mocha intensifies into a cyclonic storm tonight

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    Coastal areas in Bengal are on high alert as Mocha intensifies into a cyclonic storm tonight

    Over 100 state disaster management group members have also been sent to keep an eye on them at Bakkhali sea beach.

    Digital
    Desk:
    On Sunday, when Cyclone Mocha made landfall
    along the shores of Bangladesh and Myanmar, Disaster Management Force soldiers
    were also deployed in West Bengal. Purba Medinipur and South 24 Parganas
    districts' coastline areas are on high alert.

    color:black">According to a PTI report, the Digha-Mandarmani coastal areas are
    also on high alert, with NDRF units comprising divers on standby.

    color:black">People are not allowed to go near the sea because of regulations.
    Over 100 state disaster management group members have also been sent to keep an
    eye on them at Bakkhali sea beach.

    The Sunderbans has
    embankment breaches that are being closed as a precaution. Furthermore, the
    police and government have used loud speakers to warn people not to approach
    the sea.

    "Although the weather service has
    predicted that Cyclone Mocha will pass through West Bengal, we have taken all
    precautionary measures in case of any change," an official told PTI.

    Residents of coastal areas in Purba
    Medinipur and South 24 Parganas districts have been evacuated as the storm is
    scheduled to make landfall later on Sunday (May 14).













    Cyclone Mocha was crossing the coast on
    Sunday afternoon, 250 kilometres south of Cox's Bazar. It made landfall in
    Bangladesh at Coxbazar and on the northwestern coast of Myanmar.