Cyclone Mocha originated over the Southeast Bay of Bengal, to intensify into severe cyclonic storm by midnight

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• May 11, 2023 | Kabir Chakraborty

By today's midnight, it is expected to have intensified into a severe cyclonic storm.

Digital
Desk: The deep depression over the Southeast Bay of
Bengal has strengthened into a cyclonic storm, according to the India Meteorological
Department (IMD) regional centre in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.

color:#222222">Umashankar Das, a scientist at IMD Bhubaneswar, announced on
Twitter, "Cyclone Mocha has formed in the Southeast Bay of Bengal
region."

The IMD also provided an
update on the storm's formation, writing, "Deep Depression, intensified
into cyclonic storm Mocha and lay centred about 510 km west-southwest of Port
Blair, 1210 km south-southwest of Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) at 0530 hrs IST
today the 11th May." By today's midnight, it is expected to have
intensified into a severe cyclonic storm."

According
to the IMD, after intensifying into a severe cyclonic storm, the system is
expected to recurve gradually, move north northeastwards, and weaken slightly
from 13th May, crossing southeast Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts between
Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukpyu (Myanmar) around forenoon of 14th May,
2023 with maximum sustained wind speed of 110-120 kmph gusting to 130 kmph.