Cyclone Tej that is hitting the waters of the Arabian Sea intensified into an extremely severe cyclone storm on Sunday and is currently headed towards the Yemen-Oman coasts, according to the India Meteorological Department.Taking to social media platform X(Twitter). IMD said The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “Tej” (pronounced as Tej) over westcentral & adjoining southwest Arabian intensified into an Extremely Esevere Cyclonic Storm.The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “Tej” (pronounced as Tej) over westcentral & adjoining southwest Arabian intensified into an Extremely Esevere Cyclonic Storm.#CycloneTEJ #WeatherUpdate #StaySafe@moesgoi @DDNewslive @ndmaindia @airnewsalerts pic.twitter.com/Dzxg2QbCDN— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) October 22, 2023Cyclone TejAs per the weather agency, its predicted that the cyclone will move northwestwards and cross Yemen-Oman coasts between Al Al Ghaidah (Yemen) and Salalah (Oman), around noon on October 21. The storm will also have wind speeds of 115-125 kmph, gusting to 140 kmph and has been categorised as a severe cyclonic storm.The very severe cyclonic storm Tej intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm and lay centred about 160 km east-southeast of Socotra (Yemen), 540 km south-southeast of Salalah (Oman), and 550 km southeast of Al Ghaidah (Yemen) at 8:30 am on Sunday, the IMD said in a statement.Bay of Bengal weatherThe IMD also further stated that the depression on top of the west-central Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a deep depression by early Monday morning.The depression is predicted to move towards Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal coasts in the subsequent three days, the weather agency said.
