May 30, 2017 7:44 PM

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West Bengal likely to receive heavy rainfall, fishermen advised not

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) today issued an advisory asking the fishermen in West Bengal not to venture into sea for the next 12 hours, as the cyclonic storm Mora has made landfall in Bangladesh and is likely to move north-northeastwards towards the Indian region.<br/><br/>The storm hit Bangladesh with winds travelling up to 117 kilometres per hour. The NDMA has also predicted 'Isolated' heavy rainfall over Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. <br/><br/>Wind speed reaching 60-70 kmph gusting to 80 kmph would prevail over Mizoram and Tripura during next 24 hours. According to IMD forecast, the storm is going to turn into a severe one between Monday and Tuesday and would become a deep depression by tomorrow.

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