Cyclone Bulbul: AP, Odisha districts gear up for India’s 7th cyclone this year

Mangalore Today News Network

Andhra Pradesh, Nov 06, 2019: Andhra Pradesh and Odisha districts of Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur are gearing up to tackle Cyclone Bulbul forming in the Bay of Bengal. This will be the seventh tropical cyclone this year to hit India, weather forecasting agency Skymet said.

 

HR Biswas, director of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bhubaneswar said the cyclone is likely to make landfall at the Odisha coast between November 8 and 9. Bulbul will be the second cyclone to hit Odisha this year after Fani, earlier in May, he said. The low-pressure area has been moving west-northwest and will intensify into a depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal.

 

In the wake of Cyclone Bulbul, heavy rain is predicted between November 9 and 12 over the east coast, especially in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

The Odisha government on Monday warned people against visiting the sea shore. Over 600 cyclone shelters have been set up at villages, Sambeet Satapathy, the district emergency officer of Kendrapara, said. Authorities have also warned fishermen not to venture into the sea.

It is likely that India will break its previous record of having been hit my most number of cyclones in a year, Skymet said. Last year, a 33-year-old record was broken after the country was hit by seven cyclones, it said.