Low pressure develops in Bay of Bengal, Cyclone Dana to emerge on Wednesday: IMD

Cyclone Dana: This will be the second cyclone to develop in the North Indian Ocean basin — comprising the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea — in less than two months.

Cyclone Dana: Sunday's upper air cyclonic circulation formed a low-pressure area. (Express Photo)

Cyclonic Storm Dana, Odisha: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Monday a low-pressure system had developed over the East-central Bay of Bengal. Over the next two days, this system is likely to intensify into a cyclone, whose preliminary track shows that it will cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts. Once it intensifies, the cyclone will be identified as Dana, a name proposed by Qatar.

“The system is likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression by Tuesday morning and further intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 23 in the east-central Bay of Bengal,” IMD said on Monday.

This will be the second cyclone to develop in the North Indian Ocean basin — comprising the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea — in less than two months. Cyclone Asna had formed in the Arabian Sea in late August. This basin is prone to cyclogenesis also during the post-monsoon months, that is, October – December.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands are bracing for some very heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday. Likewise, Odisha, too, will experience very heavy rainfall on October 23 and further extremely heavy rain (more than 200 mm in 24 hours) on October 24 and 25, the Met department has warned. The Gangetic West Bengal will receive very heavy spells on Thursday and Friday, IMD added.

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