Cyclone Hamoon Intensifies Into Severe Cyclone, Odisha Unlikely To Be Hit
NDTV
'Hamoon' lay centered at 5:30 am at about 230 km east-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 240 km south-southeast of Digha (West Bengal), 280 km south-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh) and 410 km southwest of Chittagong (Bangladesh), it said.
Cyclonic storm 'Hamoon' has intensified into a severe cyclone, but no major impact is expected in Odisha, as it crosses the state's coast from a distance of about 200 km, the Met Department said.
"It is likely to intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm in a few hours as the system moves in the Bay of Bengal at a speed of 21 kmph," the IMD had said earlier in a bulletin.
Thereafter, it is likely to weaken gradually while moving northeastwards and cross Bangladesh coast between Khepupara and Chittagong around Tuesday evening as a cyclonic storm with wind speed of 65-75 kmph gusting to 85 kmph, the weather office said.
