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Sunderbans, heavy rain forecast for Bengal
PTI | Oct 23, 2022, 05.36 PM IST

KOLKATA: The cyclonic storm developing in the Bay of Bengal will

primarily impact the Sunderbans spread over West Bengal and
Bangladesh, as tidal waves are likely to reach a height of six metres owing
to the twin effect of the weather system and astronomical tide, the Met
Department said on Sunday.

The deep depression over central Bay of Bengal (BoB) is likely to intensify
into a cyclonic storm by Sunday evening and after changing course in a
northeastward direction from northwest, the system will reach north BoB
before making landfall between Tinkona Island and Sandwip close to
Bangladesh's Barisal in the early morning of Tuesday, a top official said.

"The main affected area will be the Sunderbans in the coastal areas of
North and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal and in Bangladesh,"
Deputy Director General of Regional Met Centre, Sanjib Bandopadhyay, said.

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