Weather Forecast Report, Cyclone Maha LIVE: Indian Coast Guard personnel rescue fishermen stranded at sea off the west coast due to Cyclone Kyarr. (PTI Photo)
Cyclone Maha, Weather forecast Today HIGHLIGHTS: A deep depression in the Arabian Sea intensified into a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ on Wednesday. Called ‘Maha’ (pronounced as M’maha), it is likely to weaken into a ‘cyclonic storm’ in the next 12 hours.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the storm would move over Lakshadweep Islands before emerging into the eastcentral Arabian Sea. Lakshadweep will receive extremely heavy rainfall today. A warning has been sounded in Kerala too, which is expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall.
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Meanwhile, Cyclone Kyarr lies 1,190 km west of Mumbai and 830 km east-northeast of Salalah in Oman. It is likely to weaken into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ this morning, and a ‘cyclonic storm’ by the evening. It will move west-southwestwards across the westcentral Arabian Sea in the next four days, the IMD said.
Weather Forecast Report, Cyclone Maha LIVE: Dark clouds over Mumbai. (Express photo: Amit Chakravarty)
The latest forecast from IMD says that the Severe cyclonic storm Maha over east-central Arabian sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area lay centered near about 80 kms north-east of Cherbaniani Reef (Lakshadweep).
The IMD has issued orange alert in four districts of Kerala as Cyclone Maha approaches.
As the severe cyclonic storm, Maha is very likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm over the east-central Arabian Sea during the next 24 hours, the Indian Coast Guard vessel today rescued five fishermen who had ventured into the sea for fishing on October 28 from Chettuva Harbour in Thrissur, Kerala.
Heavy rain pummelled parts of Kerala on Thursday under the influence of severe cyclonic storm Maha over the east-central Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area. Disaster management officials in Thiruvananthapuram said around 1,017 people, belonging to 346 families, have been evacuated from the state’s vulnerable coastal areas to relief camps. The most number of camps have been opened in Ernakulam district (3), followed by Palakkad and Malappuram with 2 camps each. More relief camps are likely to be opened by Thursday night. Read more
Following the cyclone, the IMD has issued a "red message" for Lakshadweep. The "red message" technically refers to "take action," meaning the state government machinery has to remain on standby.
Under the influence of the Maha cyclone, heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over Lakshadweep area during next 24
hours. The IMD has also predicted heavy rainfall over Kerala, south Tamilnadu and Coastal Karnataka during the next 24 hours.
The Cyclonic Storm 'Maha' over the east-central Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area has moved northwards with a speed of 13 kmph during past six hours and lay centred near Latitude 12.3 degree North and Longitude 72.8 degree East over east-central Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area about 130 km north-northeast of Amini Divi (Lakshadweep), 200 km north-northeast of Kavaratti (Lakshadweep), 100 km northeast of Chetlat (Lakshadweep) and 340 km west-northwest of Kozhikode (Kerala).
According to the IMD, a low pressure area is likely to form over the north Andaman Sea on Sunday, November 3. It is expected to move westnorthwestwards and concentrate into a Depression over eastcentral Bay of Bengal during the subsequent 48 hours.
In the 24 hours ending 8.30 am today, this is how much rain southern parts of the country received: Amini Divi (30), Coonoor (13), Minicoy Island (12), Cuddalore (9), Thiruvananthapuram (8) and Kodaikanal (7). Atiramapattinam, Cochin and Kottayam received 6 cm of rainfall each, while Hanamkonda, Tuticorin, Bapatla, Nagappattinam and Tondi, govt 5 cm each.
In its latest bulletin, the IMD has said the Cyclone Maha lay 110 km north-northeast of Kavaratti, 40 kms north-northwest of Amini Divi in Lakshadweep and 325 km west-northwest of Kozhikode in Kerala at 8.30 am. The storm will continue moving north-northwestwards across Lakshadweep before intensifying into a 'very severe cylonic storm' over eastcentral Arabian Sea.
There's no respite from the pollution for residents of Delhi who woke up to a hazy, smoke-filled morning today. The air quality remained in the 'severe' category for the third consecutive day, with the AQI at 410. The temperature is steadily dipping in the national capital; it was 16.8 degrees this morning.
Cyclone Maha's movements can be tracked using this timetable released by the IMD on Wednesday. The storm will weaken into a 'severe cyclonic storm', and further into a 'cyclonic storm' by 5.30 pm this evening. It will go on to become a Deep Depression and a Depression by Sunday, November 3.
Due to the presence of cyclonic storm Maha in the Arabian Sea, parts of Kerala will receive "heavy to very heavy rainfall" today, the IMD has predicted. An orange alert in sounded in four districts — Ernakulam, Thrissur, Malappuram and Kozhikode — which are likely to receive the most rain. There is a yellow alert in the other 10 districts of the state.
Maha, a new storm in the Arabian Sea, is likely to weaken into a 'cyclonic storm' from a 'very severe cyclonic storm' in the next 12 hours. While it moves towards eastcentral Arabian Sea, the storm is likely to bring extremely heavy rainfall to Lakshadweep. Given its proximity, Kerala, too, may receive heavy rains today.