Cyclonic circulation likely to cause torrential rains in coastal areas

21-Oct-2024 11:31 AM

Thiruvananthapuram. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the coastal areas of the country may receive extremely torrential rains during the next one or two days as the cyclonic circulation of upward air over the central Andaman Sea has turned towards the North Andaman Sea the previous day.

Due to this circulation, a low pressure area is likely to form over the East Central Bay of Bengal and its adjacent North Andaman Sea in the next 24 hours, which may cause heavy rains with strong winds in the areas around the coast.

According to the Meteorological Department, this circulation will first move towards the west-northwest direction and will intensify into a depression by the morning of October 22, while it may take the form of a cyclonic storm over the East Central Bay of Bengal by October 23.

After that, it is expected to move towards the northwest direction, due to which it will become active over the Bay of Bengal near the Orissa-West Bengal coast by the morning of October 24.

In view of these developments, the Meteorological Department has issued a warning, which states that there may be extremely heavy rains in southern interior Karnataka and Andaman Nicobar Islands,

while heavy rains are likely in Gujarat, Konkan, Goa, Central Maharashtra, coastal and northern interior Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Rayalaseema and other parts of Andhra Pradesh.

Earlier on October 19, the Meteorological Department had predicted heavy rains in many areas of Tamil Nadu, which proved to be correct. Experts say that this rain may cause damage to the ripe and ripening crops of the Kharif season in the southern states and may hinder their harvesting and preparation.

Similarly, there is a possibility of adverse effect on the sowing of Rabi crops in the areas of heavy rainfall. Late sown Kharif crops will suffer less damage. There is a need to pay special attention to pulses, oilseeds and cotton crops.