The Indian Meteorological Department recently issued an advisory amid the risk of heavy rainfall and storm in the northeastern states of India as a cyclonic storm named ‘Midhili’ is about to hit Bangladesh, currently situated over the Northeast Bay of Bengal near the coast of neighboring country. Heavy rainfall is predicted in the northeastern states as Cyclone Midhili crosses the Bangladesh coast with a speed of 60 kmph to cause heavy pour in and a storm surge reaching up to 2 meters. As IMD issued an alert, we have come up with all the imperative details that you need to know about it. Kindly stick with this page and go through it till the end. Drag down the page and read more details.
The government authorities in the northeastern states of India have issued alerts amid the risk of heavy rainfall as a deep depression over the coast of Bangladesh after the substantial rainfall on Friday, November 17, 2023, i.e. yesterday, the first day of Meghalaya’s Cherry Blossom Festival when the state faced disruption due to Cyclone Midhili and adverse weather conditions. The other regions impacted by the heavy rainfall are Mizoram, Assam, and Tripura. Shift to the next section and read more details.
It is anticipated that Cyclone Midhili will follow a trajectory north-northeastward to make landfall near Bangladesh’s Khepupara with a breeze reaching speeds of 60-70 kmph (kilometers per hour) and gusting up to 80 kmph on Friday night on November 17. The Indian Meteorological Department took to X formerly Twitter to write, “Deep Depression (remnant of Cyclonic Storm “Midhili”) over Tripura & adjoining Bangladesh weakened into a Depression and about 50 km east-southeast of Agartala and 160 km southwest of Silchar. To weaken into a WML over south Assam and adjoining Mizoram-Tripura during next 6 hours” Continue reading this article to learn more details.
IMD further added, “30 km South to South West of Khepupara (Bangladesh) and 250 km SW of Chittagong (Bangladesh). Observations indicate that Cyclonic Storm “Midhili” is crossing the Bangladesh coast close to Khepupara with a wind speed of 60-70 kmph gusting to 80 kmph. The landfall process will be completed during the next 3 hours,” It further added that the cyclonic storm will cross the Bangladesh coast close to Khepupara with a maximum wind speed of 80 kmph on Friday night or early hours of Saturday morning. IMD has anticipated 51 mm of rainfall in Aizawl district. Stay tuned to this website.