The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has strengthened into Cyclone Arnab, and the country’s four seaports have been told to hoist distant warning signal No. 2, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in its special bulletin No. 6 on Monday.
Cyclone Arnab may cross India’s Andhra coast by Wednesday, 28 October.
The bulletin said the deep depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal and the adjoining south-east Bay moved north-west, intensified and became Cyclone Arnab. It now lies over the east-central Bay and the adjoining west-central Bay.
At 6am on Monday the cyclone was 820 km south-west of Chattogram port, 745 km south-west of Cox’s Bazar port, 785 km south of Mongla port and 745 km south of Payra port.
The Met Office said the cyclone could move west-north-west and become a severe cyclonic storm by Monday midnight. It may then move north-west and cross India’s Andhra coast as a very severe cyclonic storm on 28 October.
Maximum sustained wind speed within 54 km of the cyclone’s centre is 62 km per hour, rising to 88 km per hour in gusts or squalls. The sea is very rough near the centre of the storm, the bulletin said.
Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra ports have been told to lower distant cautionary signal No. 1 and hoist distant warning signal No. 2 in its place.
The Met Office has told fishing boats and trawlers in the northern Bay of Bengal to stay close to the coast and move with caution until further notice.
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