CYCLONE MORA

Government of Assam has taken extensive measures to ensure the safety and well-being of its citizens in light of the impending increase in rainfall and wind speeds due to Cyclone Remal, which will make landfall on May 26 at West Bengal and Banglades...

So far, remote sensing techniques have detected them the earliest. However, this detection was possible only after system developed as a well-marked low-pressure system over the warm ocean surface.

At least six persons were killed as Cyclone Mora made landfall in Bangladesh yesterday, damaging several houses, with over half a million people evacuated.

Swaraj said that if the revitalised maritime economy of the Indian Ocean region is to be a force for global economic growth, it is essential that the waters remain peaceful, stable and secure.

Weather and climate-related events cost countries some USD 320 billion. More than 1,200 deaths were reported in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

During the three-day tour, beginning tomorrow, the central delegation will visit Assam, Arunachal and Manipur, where more than 15 lakh people were marooned by flood water.

The landslides it hilly districts in the southeast, killing 10 people in one village, eight in another and seven in a third, said police official Rafiq Ullah.

Indian Navy ship Sumitra rescued 27 people who were found adrift at sea over 100 miles away from Bangladeshi city of Chittagong after being hit hard by Cyclone Mora.Cyclone Mora: INS Sumitra saves 27 Bangladeshi nationals

Around 20 houses were partially damaged at Khawbung village bordering Myanmar while the roof of a district hospital ward was blown away in Siaha district.

The IMD had predicted advance onset of monsoon in Kerala this year on May 30.

Nifty50 futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange were trading 1 point, or 0.01 per cent, higher at 9,621, indicating a flat opening for the domestic market.

The system is very likely to continue to move north-northeastwards towards northeastern states and weaken into a cyclonic storm and then into a deep depression.

Lanka's water supply minister Rauf Hakeem said 40 per cent of those affected did not have access to piped drinking water, and there was an urgent need to clean contaminated wells in flood-affected areas.

Monsoon's early push into the northeast, where the rain system normally arrives a few days after its onset over Kerala, is being aided by cyclone Mora.

Nifty50 futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange were trading 17 points, or 0.18 per cent, lower at 9,600, indicating a negative opening for the domestic market.

The storm 'Mora' moved from the east central Bay of Bengal to the north-northeastward and lay centred about 610 km near the south east of Paradip this morning, the MeT office said.