Cyclone over Bay of Bengal may bring December rain

Times of India | 1 month ago | 08-12-2022 | 05:04 am

PUNE: A cyclone brewing over the Bay of Bengal could cause isolated December rainfall in parts of the state, including Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada, this weekend, Met department officials told TOI on Wednesday. It is unusual for Maharashtra to get rainfall in December, but the remnant of cyclone would cause a surge in moisture levels in parts of the state, causing light rainfall associated with thunder showers, the officials said. An India Meteorological Department (IMD) update on Wednesday said a deep depression over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal had moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 16kmph. It lays centered over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal. The update stated that it intensified into a cyclonic storm on December 7 evening and was expected to reach southwest Bay of Bengal off north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry & adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts by December 8 morning. It will continue to move west-northwestwards towards north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts during the subsequent 48 hours, the update added. Anupam Kashyapi, head of weather forecasting division, IMD, Pune, told TOI, "After the system makes landfall, its strength will weaken gradually. The more it weakens, the larger will be the area it will affect in terms of rainfall/moisture incursion. In southern peninsular as well as south-central Maharashtra, easterly wave is predominant. Hence, wind pattern is likely to be easterly/south-easterly over the next few days. These winds will bring moisture and cloud mass into south central parts of Maharashtra, including Pune district/city, in the coming days." He said from December 8 evening, moisture incursion would increase in Maharashtra. "Pune can get very light to light rain from December 11-13. In south Maharashtra, chance of light rain or isolated thunder activity will increase after 72 hours," Kashyapi added.

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Times of India | 4 hours ago | 01-02-2023 | 04:58 am

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Ndtv | 22 hours ago | 31-01-2023 | 10:44 am

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Times of India | 1 day ago | 31-01-2023 | 07:47 am

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PUNE: The Yerawada police have arrested two men and detained six boys aged between 15 and 16 on the charge of rioting, following a clash between two groups of minors at Laxminagar in Yerawada around 11pm on Friday, which left three people injured and an autorickshaw damaged.The two groups of minor boys are affiliated with two local gangs of criminals, the police said, after receiving two cross-complaints of riots and assault against the members of both the groups.The police identified the injured as Abdulla Amirulla Khan (19), Sharad Pramod Ingle (27) and 17-year-old boy of Laxminagar in Yerawada. "Ingle, and his accomplice, Vivek Prakash Gawali (20), were later arrested in one of the cases," the police said. The videos of the clash between the two groups went viral on social media sites. Confirming the development, deputy commissioner of police (Zone IV) Shrikant Borate told TOI, "A majority of the detained boys are school dropouts. We had invoked provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against the senior members of the two gangs in 2021. They are lodged in the Yerawada jail."According to the police, Khan and his group members had picked up arguments with the other group led by Ingle during a football match about six months ago. "The minor boys and Ingle carried a grudge against Khan and his friends since then. On Friday night, the boys assaulted Khan with choppers and wooden sticks after finding him alone. The boys also vandalized the autorickshaws parked on the road, besides throwing emplty beer bottles on the road," the police said.The police summoned the parents of minor boys, followed by a counselling session.

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Ndtv | 1 day ago | 30-01-2023 | 06:04 pm

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