A cyclonic circulation is currently seen over north interior Odisha and neighbourhood with a height between 0.9 kilometres and 7.6 kilometres above mean sea level tilting southwards, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday.
According to the IMD, the cyclonic circulation is very likely to move northwestwards during next 3 days.
This comes just days after cyclone Nisarga made landfall in Maharashtra earlier this month. Cyclone Nisarga made landfall between Murud and Revdanda in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on June 3.
The last severe cyclonic storm to hit close to Mumbai was in 1961. Cyclone Nisarga was severe with a wind speed of only 100 to 110 kmph.
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Last month, super cyclone Amphan lashed parts of Odisha and West Bengal and made landfall on the coastal areas of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
{{/usCountry}}Last month, super cyclone Amphan lashed parts of Odisha and West Bengal and made landfall on the coastal areas of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
{{/usCountry}}West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had said that the state had witnessed massive damages and suffered huge losses due to the cyclone.
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“At least 1 million houses have been damaged and 7.3 million people affected in this [South 24 Parganas] district. This is bigger than the national disaster. Now we have four problems to deal with: coronavirus, lockdown, migrant workers and this cyclone. And, we have had no revenue income for two months,” she said during the visit to the district last month.
Banerjee had said 60 million people were directly affected by the cyclone while the state’s population, as per the 2011 Census, was 90.13 million. “More than 70% of the population is directly affected and 30% indirectly,” she had said.