Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (East) Jaideep Mazumder and BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Secretary General Indramani Pandey signed an agreement to establish the BIMSTEC Energy Centre in Karnataka's Bengaluru.
The IMD has indicated that Cyclone Dana is likely to move north-westwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over the northwest Bay of Bengal by the early hours of October 24.
The IMD has indicated that Cyclone Dana is likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over the northwest Bay of Bengal by the early hours of October 24.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the cyclonic circulation over central Andaman Sea is expected to intensify into Cyclone Dana by Wednesday and is expected to reach the northwest Bay of Bengal, off Odisha-West Bengal coasts by Thursday morning.
As a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to turn into a severe cyclonic storm by October 23, Odisha Director of Health Services Bijay Kumar Mohapatra asserted that the state health department is prepared to tackle the situation arising out of cyclone.
The Director General, of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), briefed the Committee about the current status of the well-marked low-pressure area over the east-central Bay of Bengal. It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression by October 22 morning and
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that an upper air cyclonic circulation over the central Andaman Sea has moved to the North Andaman Sea on Sunday.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted rainfall for Odisha during the period of October 23- 25 under the influence of low-pressure area over the Central Bay of Bengal.
Subsequently, the depression has weakened into a well-marked low pressure area and lay over the South coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining North coastal Tamil Nadu.
A depression in the southwest Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm and is expected to make landfall near the coast between Puducherry and Nellore on October 17 morning and is likely to cause heavy rainfall in several places of South Coast and Rayalaseema.