Bhubaneswar: The Severe Cyclonic storm Mocha over Southeast adjoining Central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm over Central adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal. It moved northwards with a speed of 09 kmph during past 06 hours and intensified into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm and lay centered at 0530 hours today over Central adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal near latitude 13.2°N and longitude 88.1°E, about 520 km west-northwest of Port Blair, 1010 km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and 930 km south-southwest of Sittwe (Myanmar).
It is very likely to move north-northeastwards and intensify further over East-central Bay of Bengal. It is likely to cross southeast Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts between Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Kyaukpyu (Myanmar), close to Sittwe (Myanmar) around noon of 14th May Very Severe Cyclonic Storm with maximum sustained wind speed of 150-160 kmph gusting to 175 kmph.
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