Bhubaneswar: Cyclone Hamoon over the Bay of Bengal is likely to weaken gradually into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during the next six hours and cross the Bangladesh coast tomorrow.
According to the IMD, the Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “Hamoon” (pronounced as Hamoon) over the Northwest and adjoining Northeast Bay of Bengal moved east-northeastwards with a speed of 23 kmph during the past 6 hours and lay centered at 1130 hours IST of today, the 24th October over the same region, near latitude 20.3°N and longitude 89.9°E, about 330 km east of Paradip (Odisha), 290 km east-southeast of Digha (West Bengal), 190 km south of Khepupara (Bangladesh) and 305 km southwest of Chittagong (Bangladesh).
It is likely to weaken gradually into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during the next 06 hours. It is likely to further weaken while moving northeastwards and cross the Bangladesh coast close to the south of Chittagong by the early hours of 25th October as a Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 80 to 90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph, the IMD added.
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