Mangaluru, Oct 28: After pounding the coastal districts of Karnataka for a week, the rain disappeared as people of the region woke up to a sunny morning on Monday.
According to Indian Meteorological Department's (IMD) latest bulletin, the intensity of Cyclone Kyarr, which was classified under 'extremely severe cyclonic storm' a day before, was likely to intensify on Monday morning and weaken gradually thereafter.
There has been a significant reduction of rainfall in the past 24 hours over Konkan, Goa and Karnataka coasts, as well as the eastern and north eastern parts of the country. Isolated rains and thunderstorms are likely over parts of central, eastern and western parts of India during next 1-2 days.
A day after it was classified as “extremely severe cyclonic storm”, Kyarr is now moving west-northwestwards and is likely to hit the Oman coast by October 31.
The intensity of the supercyclone is likely to weaken after October 28, according to the IMD’s latest bulletin. This is the first super cyclone after ‘Gonu’, till then considered the strongest-ever to lord over the Arabian Sea.
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