Cyclone Shaheen: IMD alert very heavy rainfall in these 7 states till october 4

The deep depression in the Arabian Sea intensified into Cyclone Shaheen on Friday morning and it is further likely to intensify into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ by evening, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The system is moving away from the Indian coast, the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said.

Which is expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours. This latest weather alert for Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Gujarat comes after Cyclone Gulab made landfall in the coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on September 26, claiming the lives of three people.

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According to the IMD bulletin, the deep depression that has now intensified into Cyclone Shaheen lies near Pakistan and Iran besides India. As of 5.30am on Friday, Shaheen lay about 400km west-northwest of Devbhoomi Dwarka in Gujarat, 260km south-southwest of Pakistan’s Karachi, and 530km east-southeast of Chabahar Port in Iran.

The arrival of Shaheen is an outcome of the remnant of Cyclone Gulab deep depression, weakening into a depression, only to intensify into a new cyclone over the Arabian Sea. Earlier, IMD cyclones in charge, Sunitha Devi told Hindustan Times that chances of remnants of Cyclone Gulab turning into a new cyclone “are less,” but the possibility cannot be ruled out.

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Meanwhile, the additional well-marked low-pressure area over south Bihar and its neighbouring state Jharkhand now lies over southwest Bihar and its neighbourhood. The IMD has already stated that the ongoing monsoon is expected to start its withdrawal process from certain regions of northwest India from October 6 onwards. This is marginally later than the typical time September 17, with monsoon withdrawing from western corners of northwest India on September 28 last year.