Cyclone warning

The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology today announced that according to the observations at 5.30 pm MST, the cyclonic storm over the northwest part of the Bay of Bengal had moved northwards. It is now centered in the sea about 260 miles south of Kolkatta of India
and 310 miles southwest of Sittway of Myanmar, and is moving northwards. It is forecasted to pass India and the west coast of Bangladesh in next 36 hours after the observation time.
The storm is now only at the yellow level, and it is forecast that it is unlikely to move towards the coastal region of Myanmar. Due to the influence of the cyclonic storm, squalls and moderate and rough seas are likely to be widespread sometimes in the same period in the delta, along Rakhine coast, and off and along the Myanma coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach 40 mph. Moreover, the tidal waves may rise by two to three feet along the northern coast of Rakhine State.
Therefore, the department warned that offshore and deep-sea trawlers, motorboats and vessels plying in the sea off Maungtaw coast leave the area in next 36 hours from the observation time.—MNA