Cyclone Komen makes landfall in B'desh, heavy rains in Bengal, Odisha

July 30, 2015 19:56

Just in: Cyclone Komen makes landfall in Bangladesh. The storm has already claimed 27 lives in Bangladesh and Myanmar, reports the local media in Dhaka."

After landfall, it will move westnorthwestwards and weaken gradually,' the MeT said.

"Heavy to very heavy rainfall will occur at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls over Gangetic West Bengal today and tomorrow," the Met office said.

Wind speed reaching 6575 kmph gusting to 85 kmph would prevail along and off West Bengal and north Odisha Coasts, it said.

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