Cyclone Hamoon makes landfall in Bangladesh coastal area, Tej weakens up into severe in Yemen

In the latest development, Cyclone Hamoon has commenced and it weakened into a cyclonic storm across the Bangladesh coast area to the south of Chittagong with a wind speed of 80 – 90 kmph gusting to almost 100 kmph, according to the India Meteorological Department.

IMD updates on Cyclone Hamoon

Taking it to X, the IMD wrote, “Landfall process has commenced. To weaken into a cyclonic storm and cross Bangladesh coast to the south of Chittagong within a few hours with a wind speed of 80 to 90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph.”

On the other side, Cyclone Tej reached over coastal Yemen and weakened into Cyclonic Storm (CS) at 1130 IST on Tuesday.

Both cyclones, Hamoon and Tej, are brewing over the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, triggering rains in several parts of Odisha and West Bengal.

Earlier, the weather agency predicted that seven states are set to experience some storm activities this week.

Cyclone Tej updates

As per the IMD, Tej was spotted over coastal Yemen and it weakened into a Cyclonic Storm from Severe Cyclonic Storm on Tuesday night. Tej will move further west-northwestwards and weaken into a depression during the next few hours.

"It almost crossed the Yemen coast close to south of Al-Ghaidah within a few hours as a Cyclonic Storm with wind speed of 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph," added the IMD.

Rain predictions

Predicting rainfall in states, IMD said that moderate rainfall with isolated heavy rains (64.5 mm-115.5 mm) in the northeastern states of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, south Assam, and Meghalaya until October 26.

The Odisha government has asked all the district collectors to remain prepared for any eventuality and directed the administration to evacuate people from low-lying areas in the event of heavy rain.

"The system (cyclone) will move over the sea around 200 km from Odisha coast," weather scientist US Dash said, adding that under its influence, light to moderate rainfall is likely at a few places in coastal Odisha and many places over the next two days.