Cyclone Sitrang unlikely to wreak havoc in Kolkata, but intense downpour expected: IMD – Times Now

“The low-pressure system is expected to move northwestwards till the early hours of Monday. Then, just before intensifying into a cyclone, it is expected to take a recurve and move north first and then northeast. Though the system is expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, it is likely to move towards Bangladesh,” the director of the India Meteorological Department in Kolkata GK Das said in a bulletin.

On Saturday, the low-pressure area at present over the north Andaman Sea was intensified into a depression. It is expected to turn into a deep depression on October 23 and will take the shape of a cyclonic storm by October 24, the IMD said. Once the system reaches land on early Monday, it will become a cyclone and further turn into a severe cyclonic storm on Tuesday evening.

“If the storm sticks to the projected path, Kolkata is likely to get light to moderate rainfall on Monday and Tuesday, along with occasional gusts of wind,” the weathermen’s forecast said. On Monday, the speed of wind in Kolkata will be 40 kmph and it will cross 55 kmph on Tuesday. Other areas such as North and South 24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Paschim Medinipur will also receive heavy rain and wind.