Cyclone sitrang update

Attachments • Download Report (PDF | 671.35 KB) SITUATION IN NUMBERS 2.3 million people affected including 800,000 refugees 1.1 million Children affected 6 Districts Cyclone-affected districts located in Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions 1 million People in cyclone shelters Highlights • The Cyclone Sitrang crossed the coastal areas of Bangladesh on 24 October 2022 evening triggering storm surge, squally winds and heavy rainfall in the southern parts of the country. • 2.3 million people, including 1.1 million children were affected by the cyclone in 6 districts4. One million people took shelter in 6,925 cyclone centres5. As of 25 October, 18 people died and around 10,000 houses were damaged. • Approximately 1.92 million people (1,120,386 host communities1 and 800,000 Rohingya refugees2) in Cox’s Bazar and 30,000 people including humanitarian workers in Bhasan Char were exposed to cyclone Sitrang. 1,049 households (4,945 people) affected, and 53 households (251 people) have been displaced. Reportedly, 1 person was injured, 1,010 shelters partially and 24 shelters fully damaged3. • UNICEF has six contingency partnerships with civil society organizations (CSOs), which are ready for activation in case of rapid response in cyclone affected areas. • UNICEF has mobilised US$ 1 million internal resources for immediate response to meet the priority needs of girls, women and people with disabilities. Report details Primary country • Source • Format • Themes • • • • • • • Disa...

• • • Cyclone Sitrang Highlights: 'High chance of rain on October 25, stay indoors,' appeals Mamata Banerjee to citizens as Cyclone Sitrang intensifies Cyclone Sitrang Highlights: ‘High chance of rain on October 25, stay indoors,’ appeals Mamata Banerjee to citizens as Cyclone Sitrang intensifies The coastal districts of Odisha and West Bengal will receive widespread heavy rainfall till October 25. Moderate to heavy intensity rainfall is likely over Assam, Meghalaya on Monday Dark clouds loom over Kolkata sky. (Express Photo by Partha Paul) Cyclone Sitrang Live Updates, October 24: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Monday that cyclonic storm Sitrang was about 300 km from Sagar Island and that it would intensify further into severe cyclonic storm in next 6 hrs. The southern districts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, woke up to light rain and an overcast sky on Monday as cyclone ‘Sitrang’ moved towards north Bay of Bengal, raising the likelihood of a downpour during the day and threatening to dampen Diwali festivities. The system is expected to make a landfall between Tinkona island and Sandwip in Bangladesh early on October 25, the Met department said. It lay centred around 430 km south of Sagar Island on Monday morning, the department said. West Bengal Chief Minister Sitrang, which is likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm, will bring in its wake heavy to very heavy rain and wind reaching speed of 90 to 100 kmph, gusting to 110 kmph, in the...

Cyclone Sitrang Updates: Sitrang may bring rain in Assam till October 27 Cyclone Sitrang ripped through the northeast, bringing down houses, snapping telecommunication networks and damaging standing crops on Tuesday, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted more rain across the region. While several areas of Guwahati remained waterlogged, authorities warned people to stay indoors as the IMD said Arunachal Pradesh and north Assam could witness moderate to very heavy rainfall for the next 24 hours. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates: Read Less Cyclone Sitrang continued to disrupt flight operations in the northeast with at least seven flights being cancelled on Tuesday due to adverse weather conditions. The airports in Shillong and Aizawl have been the worst-affected. Six flights connecting Shillong with Silchar, Dibrugah and Kolkata were cancelled. Another flight from Aizawl to Shillong was also cancelled due to poor visibility. The situation in Assam remained grim on Tuesday as nearly 1,100 people of 83 villages have been affected by the deluge caused by the cyclonic storm 'Sitrang'. Several houses were damaged due to Cyclone Sitrang which caused heavy rainfall and a storm in Assam. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, 1146 people have been affected by the storm. Even as incessant rain continued to lash Nagaland since Monday, the state home department on Tuesday directed all district disaster management authorities (DDMAs) and...

Cyclone Sitrang slammed into densely-populated, low-lying Bangladesh late Monday, killing at least five people, authorities said West Bengal government has taken all precautionary measures, including evacuation of people and supply of relief materials to shelters, to deal with possible devastation under the impact of cyclone 'Sitrang', a senior official said on Monday. The system is expected to make a landfall between Tinkona island and Sandwip in Bangladesh early on October 25, the Met department said. Stay with TOI for more updates: Read Less In Guwahati, there will be cloudy sky with moderate rain, with strong wind reaching 30km per hour on Monday. The heavy rainfall is likely to continue the next day with sky to remain cloudy. The temperature has also dropped to 23.3 degrees Celsius in Guwahati city. Sanjay O'Neill Shaw, Scientist-F, Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati The southern districts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, woke up to light rain and an overcast sky on Monday as cyclone 'Sitrang' moved towards north Bay of Bengal, raising the likelihood of a downpour during the day and threatening to dampen Diwali festivities. The system is expected to make a landfall between Tinkona island and Sandwip in Bangladesh early on October 25, the Met department said. It lay centred around 430 km south of Sagar Island on Monday morning, the department said. Cyclone Sitrang is set to strike the Bangladesh coast early on Monday, although Kolkata started getting rain late ...

Cyclone Sitrang is all set to intensify into a ‘severe’ category storm by Monday evening, according to weather bulletins. According to the Monday 8.30 am position of the cyclone, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Sitrang was located about 380 km south of West Bengal’s Sagar island and 520 km south-southwest of Barisal in Bangladesh. According to the latest forecast, Sitrang is expected to make landfall as a cyclone sometime during the morning hours of Tuesday, between Tinkona island and Sandwip near Barisal. A ‘yellow’ alert prevails for Baleshwar, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Kendraparah and Jajpur districts of Odisha on Monday, warning of heavy rainfall (64.5 mm to 105.4 mm in 24 hours). Coastal districts of West Bengal are bracing for heavy rainfall (64.5 mm to 105.4 mm in 24 hours) on Tuesday. The IMD has issued an ‘orange’ alert for 24 North and South Parganas, Nadia and West Medinipur districts.

DHAKA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, officials said. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Sitrang made landfall on the west coast helped save lives, but the full extent of the casualties and damage would only be known after communications were fully restored, they said. "It was terrible. It looked like the sea was coming to grab us," Mizanur Rahman, a resident of Bhola district, told Reuters after communications were restored in his neighbourhood. "We spent a sleepless night, all we could do was pray." The cyclone barrelled in from the Bay of Bengal with winds gusting up to 88 kph (55 mph) and a storm surge of about 3 meters (10 feet) that flooded low-lying coastal areas. Power and telephone links have largely been cut and coastal areas plunged into darkness, officials said. Around 2,000 electric poles were damaged, leaving 8 million people without electricity, said Nasrul Hamid, junior minister for power, energy and mineral resources. "Efforts are underway to restore electricity as soon as possible," he told reporters. Most of the people killed were crushed by falling trees. Some 10,000 homes, 6,000 hectares (14,826 acres) of cropland and 1,000 fishing enclosures were damaged by the cyclone, Enamur Rahman, junior minister for disaster management, told reporters. People wade through a flooded street amid continuous rain b...