The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued a warning as a deep depression over the Eastcentral Bay of Bengal is on the verge of developing into a cyclonic storm. The system was last recorded at midnight near 15.9°N latitude and 90.1°E longitude. It has since moved west-northwestwards and is currently situated roughly 725 km west-southwest of Chattogram port, 650 km west-southwest of Cox's Bazar port, 730 km south-southeast of Mongla port, and 680 km south-southeast of Payra port, according to Meteorologist Shaheenul Islam of the BMD on Wednesday. Met office warns of cyclonic storm as Bay depression intensifies The depression is expected to continue its west-northwesterly trajectory, with the potential to intensify into a cyclonic storm in the coming hours. Wind speeds around the system are already reaching 50 kph, with gusts up to 60 kph within a 48 km radius of its centre. Rough seas are anticipated around the deep depression, posing risks to maritime activities. Cyclone ‘Dana’ to make landfall on Oct 24 triggering 7-foot tidal surge Maritime ports in Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised to maintain Distant Cautionary Signal No. One. Fishermen and crews of trawlers operating in the North Bay and the deep sea are urged to stay near the coast and proceed with caution, ready to seek shelter at short notice.

The cyclonic storm ‘Michaung’ over Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining area moved Northwestwards further and now lies over the same area  and is likely to intensify further. It was centred at 6 pm on Sunday about 1560 km Southwest of Chattogram port, 1520 km Southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 1420 km Southwest of Mongla port and 1430 km Southwest of Payra port, said a Met office bulletin. Cyclone Midhili: Body of missing youth recovered from Ctg’s Sitakunda Maximum sustained wind speed within 54 km of the cyclone centre is about 62 kph rising to 88 kph in gusts or squalls. Sea will remain very rough near the cyclone centre. Two die as tree falls on top of their homes in Cumilla during Cyclone Midhili Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted distant warning signal No 2. All fishing boats and trawlers over the North Bay and deep sea have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution till further notice. Cyclone Midhili: Large-scale damage reported to crops in Chandpur

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 as the cyclonic storm ‘Hamoon’ weakened into a deep depression. The cyclonic storm ‘Hamoon’ over northeast Bay and adjoining area moved northwestward and crossed the coast at 1 am today, weakening into a land deep depression near Satkania in Chattogram, said a latest bulletin of the Met office. Cyclone Hamoon crossing Bangladesh coasts: BMD It is likely to move further and weaken gradually. All fishing boats and trawlers over north Bay have been advised to remain in shelter. Cyclone Hamoon may cross Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar coast by tonight: BMD

Very severe cyclonic storm Mocha over east central Bay and adjoining area moved North-Northeastwards and intensified further over the same area. It is likely to intensify further,  move in a north-northwesterly direction and cross Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar’s coast between 6 am to 6 pm on Sunday (May 14), according to Bangladesh Metrological Department. The maritime port of Cox’s Bazar has been asked to hoist great danger signal 10, it said. Besides, the maritime ports of Chattogram  and Payra have been advised to hoist great danger signal 8 while maritime port of Mongla has been advised to hoist local warning signal 4. Also read: Cyclone Mocha: Maritime ports asked to hoist great danger signal 8 It was centred about 605 km south-southwest of Chattogram port, 525 km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 625 km south of Mongla port and 565 km south of Payra port around 6 pm on Saturday, said the latest Met office bulletin. Coastal regions of Chattogram and Barishal divisions will experience the peripheral effect of the very severe cyclonic storm by Saturday night, said the bulletin. Maximum sustained wind speed within 74 km of the very severe cyclone centre is about 170 kph, rising to 190 kph, in gusts or squalls. Sea will remain very rough near the storm centre. Read More: Cox's Bazar Airport to be closed from Saturday 7am to Sunday 7pm The coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore islands and chars will come under great danger signal no 10.     Under the peripheral effect of very cyclone and steep pressure gradient, the low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram and their offshore island and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge height of 8-12 feet above normal astronomical tide. The low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore island and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge height of 5-7 feet above normal astronomical tide. Under the effect of very severe cyclone, Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal divisions are likely to experience  heavy to very heavy rainfall. Due to very heavy rainfall landslide may occur a places over the hilly regions of Cox’s Bazar, Bandarbans, Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Chattogram. All fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay have been advised to remain in shelter till further notice.

Cox's Bazar Airport will remain closed from Saturday (May 13, 2023) 7am to Sunday (May 14, 2023) 7pm due to the very severe cyclonic storm Mocha in the Bay of Bengal. However, the decision on Shah Amanat International Airport of Chattogram will be taken after assessing the situation in the morning, said Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority chairman Air Vice Marshal Mafidur Rahman. Earlier, The Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee gave a direction which said that the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam of Sunday (May 14) was postponed under five boards; Chattogram board, Cumilla board, Barisal board, Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board and Technical Board. Read More: Cyclone Mocha likely to cross Cox’s Bazar-Myanmar’s north coast by Sunday evening The very severe cyclonic storm Mocha in east central bay and adjoining area moved north-northeastwards over the same area and was centred at 06 pm today about 930 kms south-southwest of Chattogram port, 860 kms south-southwest of Cox's Bazar port, 890 kms south-southwest of Mongla Port and 855 kms south­ southwest of Payra port. Maritime ports of Cox's Bazar, Chattogram and Payra have been advised to lower local warning signal number 4 and instead hoist great danger signal number 8. The coastal districts of Cox's Bazar, Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Barishal, Bhola, Patuakhali, Jhalokathi, Pirojpur, Borguna and their offshore islands and chars will come under great danger signal number 8. Read More: 409 shelters prepared in Khulna as depression intensifies into Cyclone Mocha

The deep depression over Southwest Bay and adjoining Southeast Bay moved west-northwestwards and intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Mandous’ over Southwest Bay and adjoining area. The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted distant warning signal no two, said a special weather bulletin. The cyclonic storm was centred at 06 AM today about 1650 Km Southwest of Chattogram port, 1590- km Southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 1565 km Southwest of Mongla port and 1550 km Southwest of Payra port. It is likely to move in a West-Northwesterly direction. Read more: Severe Cyclonic storm ‘Asani’ to weaken into cyclonic storm All fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay and deep sea have been advised to come close to the coast and proceed with caution. They were also advised not to venture in the deep sea. Maximum sustained wind speed within 54 kms of the cyclone centre is about 62 kph rising to 88kph in gusts or squalls.  Sea will remain very rough near the eye of the cyclone. However, according to latest bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) the wind speed at Dhaka is 8-12 kph directed North/North-easterly and the weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky over the country. Read more: Deep depression in Bay intensifies into cyclonic storm ‘Asani’ 

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 as the depression over the east-central Bay intensified into a deep depression on Sunday morning. “It is likely to intensify further and move in a northwesterly direction,” said the weather department in a bulletin. Read:Low pressure area over the Bay likely to intensify into depression: Met office According to India Meteorological Department, the deep depression will intensify into a cyclonic storm and reach West Bengal, Bangladesh coasts on October 25. Maximum sustained wind speed within 48 kms of the deep depression centre is about 50-60 kph in gusts or squalls, it added. The sea will remain rough near deep depression centre. Under its influence, North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh are likely to experience squally wind of 40-50 kph in addition to heavy (44-88 MM) to very rainfall, the bulletin added. Read:Cyclonic storm likely to reach Bangladesh coast on Oct 25 Besides, the low-lying areas of coastal districts of Satkhira, Khulna, Bagerhat, Jhalakathi, Pirojpur, Barguna, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barishal, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Noakhali, Feni, Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar are likely to be inundated by wind driven surge. All fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay and deep sea have been advised to take shelter immediately and remain in shelter till further notice, it added.

Asani, the cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, weakened into a depression on Thursday morning. Asani over coastal Andhra Pradesh and West Central Bay moved westwards and weakened into a depression from deep depression, the Met office said. Also read: Drizzle brings cheer to Faridpur & Patuakhali as Asani weakens It was centred over the coastal land area of Andhra Pradesh and adjoining areas around 6am. It will weaken gradually and become unimportant, according to the Met office special bulletin. Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to lower their cautionary signal. Also read:Cyclone Asani recurves, likely to weaken into deep depression All fishing boats and trawlers over the North Bay have been advised to proceed with caution till the afternoon, as per the special bulletin.

Severe cyclonic storm Asani, placed over west central Bay and adjoining area, moved north-northwestwards over the same area. It was centered at evening on Monday about 1100 Kms Southwest of Chattogram port, 1045 kms Southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 990 kms South-Southwest of Mongla port and 985 kms South-Southwest of Payra port, said a Met office bulletin. It is likely to move in a northwesterly direction, it said. Also read: Heavy rainfall in Patuakhali due to Asani Maximum sustained wind speed within 64 kms of the severe cyclonic storm centre is about 89 kph rising to 117 kph in gusts or squalls. Sea will remain high near the severe cyclonic center. Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist distant warning signal no.2. All fishing boats and trawlers over the North Bay and deep sea have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution. Also read: Cyclone Asani: Five coastal districts on alert They are also advised not to venture into the deep sea.

The depression over north Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast Bay is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm by Monday midnight and move in a north/northeasterly direction. It was centered at 06 pm today about 1120 kms south of Chattogram port, 930 kms south of Cox's Bazar port, 1115 kms south-southeast of Mongla port and 1040 kms south-southeast of Payra port. Maximum sustained wind speed within 48 kms of the deep depression centre is about 50 kph rising to 60 kph in gusts or squalls. Sea will remain rough near the deep depression centre. Also read: Caution for maritime ports: Low pressure over Bay intensifies Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted distant cautionary signal No one. All fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay and deep sea have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution. They are also advised not to venture into the deep sea. Also read: Maritime ports asked to hoist local cautionary signal No 1