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India Meteorological Department Bulletin No.: 31 (BOB 03/2016)

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Sub: Cyclonic storm ‘KYANT’ over central Bay of Bengal

The cyclonic storm ‘KYANT’ over eastcentral Bay of Bengal moved further westsouthwestwards in past 06 hours with speed 18 kmph and lay centred at 1130 hrs IST of 26th October, 2016 over central Bay of Bengal, near Latitude 16.5º N and Longitude 88.0º E, 450 km southeast of Gopalpur, 520 km east-southeast of Vishakhapatnam and 730 km east-northeast of Machilipatnam. It is most likely to move west-southwestwards towards westcentral Bay of Bengal during next 72 hours.