Cyclone Sitrang Updates: 35 dead in Bangladesh, high alert in several districts of Bengal, Odisha
Cyclone Sitrang LIVE Updates: The cyclone, which moved towards Bangladesh from north Bay of Bengal at a speed of 56 kmph, caused heavy rains in parts of West Bengal, Odisha and Assam.
Cyclone Sitrang LIVE Updates: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said cyclone Sitrang crossed the Bangladesh coast near Barisal after skirting the West Bengal coast which claimed at least 35 lives in the neighboring country and caused moderate to heavy rain and squally weather in Bengal's coastal districts of South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur, dampening festive spirits on Deepavali and Kali Puja.
Live updates : Cyclone Sitrang Updates
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October 25, 2022 10:28 PM (IST) Posted by Hritika Mitra
Cyclone Sitrang kills 35 in Bangladesh: officials
At least 35 people were killed and several homes destroyed as cyclone Sitrang ravaged Bangladesh’s southern coastlines and central parts after it made a landfall overnight, according to officials and media reports. Sitrang completed its landfall and weakened to a tropical depression over Bangladesh in the early hours of Tuesday, Prothom Alo, a Bengali daily newspaper, reported.
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October 25, 2022 1:38 PM (IST) Posted by Sree Lakshmi
At least 13 people die in Bangladesh after tropical storm hits
At least 13 people have lost their lives owing to tropical storms in Bangladesh. Tropical Storm Sitrang brewed in the Bay of Bengal before turning north toward Bangladesh's vast coast, prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people to cyclone shelters Monday. Heavy rains battered the country throughout the day, flooding many areas in the coastal regions across southern and southwestern Bangladesh.
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October 25, 2022 12:47 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Depression and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST of over northeast Bangladesh, neighborhood about 90 km north-northeast of Agartala
IMD tweeted "the deep Depression over Bangladesh (Remnant of Cyclonic Storm “SITRANG”) further weakened into a Depression and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST of over northeast Bangladesh and neighborhood about 90 km north-northeast of Agartala, and 100 km south-southwest of Shillong."
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October 25, 2022 12:31 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Cyclone likely to weaken into depression and then into low pressure by Tuesday evening
It is very likely to weaken into a depression and then into a low pressure by Tuesday evening, the IMD said. The weather office warned of squally wind with speed reaching 40 to 50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph along and off West Bengal coast on Tuesday morning, which will decrease gradually to 30 to 40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph by forenoon.
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October 25, 2022 12:31 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Sustained wind speed of 80 to 90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph
The system, which moved towards Bangladesh from north Bay of Bengal at a speed of 56 kmph, made landfall between Tinkona island and Sandwip near Barisal in Bangladesh between 9.30 pm and 11. 30 pm on Monday with a sustained wind speed of 80 to 90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph, the Regional Met Centre in Kolkata said. The Bangladeshi media reported that the cyclone caused heavy rain in southeastern parts of the neighbouring country.
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October 25, 2022 12:16 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Cyclone Sitrang weakens into depression over northeastern states in India
Cyclone Sitrang weakens into depression over northeastern states in India.
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October 25, 2022 12:11 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Torrential rainfall in severe waterlogging in several parts of Guwahati
Torrential rainfall continuing since yesterday has triggered severe waterlogging in several parts of Guwahati, Assam.
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October 25, 2022 12:07 PM (IST) Posted by Rajukumar
Tides hits coast of Bakkhali beach in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, amid cyclone 'Sitrang' alert
The tides hit the coast of Bakkhali beach in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, amid cyclone 'Sitrang' alert.