Cyclone
New Delhi, Leader News Service : Due to the formation of a low pressure zone in the Bay of West Bengal, a terrible cyclone called 'Remal' is likely to hit the coast of Bengal on Sunday (26), the Indian Observatory has informed. The cyclone is also likely to bring heavy rains over West Bengal in the next 48 hours. Meanwhile, winds will blow at a speed of 80 to 100 kilometers per hour in this cyclone. The Observatory also said that it is likely to affect the sixth phase of polling in eight constituencies in West Bengal on Saturday (25).
Climate change has increased the number of hurricanes
Climate change has increased the frequency of hurricanes as sea temperatures rise, scientists have said. Since 1880, records of sea temperature have started to be kept. Sea temperature has been rising steadily for the past 30 years. Senior Scientist of Indian Meteorological Department D. S. Pai said that because the sea surface temperature is rising, the humidity in the air is increasing. This situation has increased the frequency of cyclone formation.
The speed of the cyclone is 102 km per hour
Indian Meteorological Department scientist Monika Sharma said that monitoring of this cyclone will begin from Friday morning, the intensity of this storm will increase from Saturday morning and on Sunday evening, the cyclone will make landfall in Bangladesh and West. It is expected to hit the coast of Bengal. The speed of this cyclone will be 102 km per hour on Sunday. Due to this storm He warned that Bengal, North Odisha, Mizoram, Tripura and South Manipur will experience heavy rains on May 26 and 27.
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