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Cox’s Bazar and adjoining coastal regions of Bangladesh are going to feel the peripheral effect of Cyclone Mocha by Saturday evening, the Met Office said in its latest weather bulletin.
The cyclone was 795-865 kilometres from the Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra ports around 12 am on Saturday.
It is set to intensify further and make landfall at Cox’s Bazar and North Myanmar coasts between 6 am to 6 pm on Sunday.
The maximum sustained wind speed within 74 km of the cyclone centre is about 150 kph, rising to 170 kph in gusts and squalls. The sea will be very rough near the cyclone centre.
Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar ports will come under the great danger signal No. 8, while Mongla and Payra ports have been advised to keep local warning signal No. 4.
The Met Office said Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar may face wind-driven storm surge of 8-12 feet above the normal level under the peripheral effect of the storm. The storm surge in the other districts with the local warning signal is likely to be 5-7 feet above the normal level.