Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone alert for MIDHILI-23 in India, Bangladesh from 16 Nov 2023 18:00 UTC to 17 Nov 2023 12:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for MIDHILI-23

in India, Bangladesh

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone MIDHILI-23 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1001034
Name	MIDHILI-23
Glide number:	TC-2023-000230-BGD
From - To	16 Nov - 17 Nov
Exposed countries	India, Bangladesh
Exposed population	No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	74 km/h Tropical storm
Maximum storm surge	1.6 m (17 Nov 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability	High (Bangladesh)

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS JTWC	65 km/h	1.6 m	n.a.	1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	115 km/h	n.a.	478 mm	0.5
GFS	83 km/h	n.a.	619 mm	0.5
ECMWF	65 km/h	0.8 m	691 mm	0.5

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Bangladesh, India - Tropical storm MIDHILI (ECHO 17 Nov 2023)Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:43

A new tropical storm named MIDHILI formed over the central Bay of Bengal on 14 November in the evening (UTC) and started moving north-east toward eastern India and the neighbouring southern Bangladesh. On 17 November at 6.00 UTC its centre was located over the sea close to the coast of the Barisal Division, southern Bangladesh approximately 40 km south-west of the Kuakata City, with maximum sustained winds of 74 km/h (tropical storm).
MIDHILI is forecast to make landfall over the area of Kuakata City on the late morning (UTC) of 17 November, with maximum sustained winds up to 70 km/h. On 17-18 November, it is forecast to continue northeastward inland over the Barisal and Chittagong Division, as a tropical depression.
Over the next 24 hours, heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge are forecast over the eastern West Bengal State of India and over southern, central and eastern Bangladesh.

MIDHILI-23 - EC/ECHO daily mapFri, 17 Nov 2023 17:22

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Rain, thunderstorms likely from today2023-11-19T06:37+0100.

After a brief break, monsoon rain is expected to return to Chennai and its coastal areas due to atmospheric disturbances and the weakening of cyclone Midhili. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast moderate intensity rainfa

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Cyclone Midhili Weakens Into Depression, Relieves Rain-Stricken Tripur ... 2023-11-18T09:40+0100.

With cyclone Midhili weakening into a depression, Tripura and Mizoram, which were battered by heavy rain the previous day, did not experience showers on Saturday, officials said. According to the latest IMD (India Meteorological Department)

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Cyclone Midhili: IMD Predicts Rainfall In THESE States | Are Flight Se ... 2023-11-18T09:38+0100.

Agartala With cyclone Midhili weakening into a deep depression, Tripura and Mizoram, which were battered by heavy rain the previous day, did not experience showers on Saturday, officials said. According to the latest IMD (India Meteorologic

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Cyclone Midhili Weakens into Depression; No Fresh Rain in Tripura, Miz ... 2023-11-18T09:05+0100.

With cyclone Midhili weakening into a depression, Tripura and Mizoram, which were battered by heavy rain the previous day, did not experience showers on Saturday, officials said. According to the latest IMD (India Meteorological Department)

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Daily Maps: ECHO Daily Map of 17 November 2023

17/Nov/2023 17:22 UTC

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