The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Tej’ over west central and adjoining southwest Arabian Sea intensified into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm, the IMD stated on Sunday.
Cyclone ‘Tej’ brewing over the southwest Arabian Sea has intensified into an especially severe cyclonic storm on Sunday, the India Meteorological Department stated.
“The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Tej’ over west central and adjoining southwest Arabian intensified into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm,” the IMD stated on X (previously Twitter).
The climate company stated that the cyclone will cross over the Yemen-Oman coasts between Al Ghaidah (Yemen) and Salalah (Oman) across the early hours of October 25.
“The WML (Well Marked Low Pressure Area) over the Bay of Bengal concentrated into a depression and lay centred at 2330 IST of October 21 over westcentral Bay of Bengal, about 620 km south of Paradip (Odisha), 780 km south of Digha (West Bengal), and 900 km SSW of Khepupara (Bangladesh),” IMD added.
Meanwhile, a melancholy has shaped over the west-central Bay of Bengal, which is prone to additional intensify into a deep melancholy throughout the subsequent 24 hours, as per IMD.
“It is likely to move northwestwards during the next 12 hours, then recurve and move north-northeastwards during the subsequent 3 days towards Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal coasts,” IMD stated.
In June, Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’, which originated within the Arabian Sea, ripped via Kutch and components of Saurashtra in Gujarat, leaving a path of destruction.
