Cyclone Mocha to intensify into severe cyclonic storm in next 6 hrs, 200 NDRF personnel on ground in Bengal

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued an alert that Cyclone mocha is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm in the next six hours over Central Bay of Bengal...

It is likely to cross southeast Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts between Cox Bazar in Bangladesh and Kyaukpyu in Myanmar, close to Sittwe around noon of May 14 as a very severe cyclonic storm with maximum sustained wind speed of 150-160 kmph gusting to 175 kmph, said IMD...

NDRF 2nd Battalion Commandant, Gurminder Singh, said, Cyclone Mocha will convert into a severe storm on May 12 & a very severe cyclone on May 14, as per the predictions. 200 rescuers of NDRF deployed on ground and 100 rescuers on standby...

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