As a result, rainfall activity is forecast at most locations in Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, and southern Assam, with heavy rainfall at isolated locations on Saturday...
Digital Desk: Cyclone 'Mocha' (pronounced "Mokha") is expected to provide moderately widespread to widespread rainfall of light to moderate intensity in Northeast India from Monday to next Wednesday, May 15-17, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted.
The system after intensifying into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm over East-central Bay of Bengal has moved nearly northeastwards with a speed of 20 km/per hour during the past six hours and lay centred at 11: 30 am on Saturday over the same region near latitude 16.0°N and longitude 90.0°E, about 560 km north-northwest of Port Blair, 630 km south-southwest of Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) and 550 km south-southwest of Sittwe (Myanmar).
It is very likely to move north-northeastwards and cross southeast Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts between Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukpyu (Myanmar), close to Sittwe (Myanmar) around noon on May 14, 2023, as an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 170-180 kmph gusting to 200 kmph, according to the IMD.
As a result, rainfall activity is forecast at most locations in Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, and southern Assam, with heavy rainfall at isolated locations on Saturday and heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated locations in these states on Sunday.
Damage to loose and unsecured structures, some breaches in the kutcha road due to heavy rain with the possibility of landslides, uprooting of small trees and breaking of tree branches, damage to small trees and damage to standing crops are all likely in these northeastern states, according to an IMD statement.
Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Assam, and Manipur state governments have instructed the district, disaster management, and all related authorities to take all precautionary steps to avert loss of life and property damage.
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