Cyclone KOMEN likely to hit NE
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, July 31 2015 : Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi had sent out an alert to take all precautionary measures for a possible Cyclonic storm KOMEN.

In a fax message sent to the Directorate of Disaster Management and Rehabilitation, Mizoram on July 30, it was informed that a cyclonic storm is expected to hit the Northeast, Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal area of Bangladesh.

It has been reported that a slow-moving monsoon depression that has already unleashed lethal amounts of rain in South Asia formed into a tropical cyclone over the northern Bay of Bengal on Wednesday last.

The cyclonic storm named Komen, threatened to further drench regions that are already reeling from flooding and mudslides.

Gusty winds and rough seas had added dangers and the cyclone had claimed at least 33 lives in two countries, said a report.

The Weather Channel said that for about a week, heavy rainfall has been pounding southern parts of Bangladesh and parts of neighbouring Myanmar due to a weak area of low pressure – designated a "depression" by meteorologists, formed over Bangladesh in association with the seasonal monsoon.

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