Tropical Cyclone Sitrang Live Updates: People wade through a flooded street amid continuous rain before the Cyclone Sitrang hits the country in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 24, 2022. (Reuters)Cyclone Sitrang News Live Updates, October 25, 2022: At least nine people were killed in Bangladesh as Cyclone Sitrang slammed into densely-populated, low-lying areas of the nation Monday night, news agency Reuters reported. Deaths were reported in the districts of Barguna, Narail, Sirajganj and the island district of Bhol. Meanwhile, officials said the death toll might go up as more casualties are being reported from other districts.
Soon after it crossed Bangladesh, Sitrang weakened into a deep depression, and as of Tuesday morning, it further weakened into a low pressure area. The system, which is now moving towards northeastern regions of India, will cause widespread moderate to heavy rainfall over Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura on Tuesday.
The India Meteorological Department, meanwhile, warned of squally winds with speeds reaching 40 to 50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph along and off the coast of West Bengal on Tuesday morning, which will decrease gradually to 30 to 40 kmph gusting to 50 kmph by forenoon. The IMD said the weather in south Bengal districts is likely to improve from forenoon on Tuesday. The cyclone, which crossed the Bangladesh coast near Barisal between 9.30 pm and 11.30 pm on Monday, had caused moderate to heavy rain in West Bengal’s coastal districts of South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and East Midnapore, dampening festive spirits on Diwali and Kali Puja.
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Dark clouds hover in the sky as a fisherman folds his fishing net, ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Sitrang, in South 24 Parganas district, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (PTI photo)
Cyclone Sitrang that had weakened into a depression Tuesday morning has further weekened into a low pressure area over northeast Bangladesh and adjoining Meghalaya as of 8.30 AM.
Assam continued to receive rainfall as Cyclone Sitrang moved towards northeastern region.
Rough sea conditions will likely prevail over North Bay of Bengal and along and off the Bangladesh coast till Tuesday noon, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Fishermen are warned against venturing into the sea.
The remnants of Cyclone Sitrang, which made landfall over Bangladesh late Monday night, will cause widespread moderate to heavy rainfall over Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Tripura on Tuesday.
Soon after crossing between Tinkona and Sanwdip along southern Bangladesh, Sitrang weakened into a deep depression and by 5.30 am Tuesday further weakened into a depression. The system continues to move east-northeast wards and will now lay over the northeastern regions of India on Tuesday.
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Cyclone Sitrang that crossed Bangladesh on Monday has weekened into a depression and lay centred over northeast Bangladesh about 90 km north-northeast of Agartala and 100 km south-southwest of Shillong, the India Meteorological Department informed.