Updated On: 11 May, 2023 09:28 AM IST | Kolkata | PTI
At 8.30 am, the cyclonic storm was about 510 km southwest of Port Blair, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said

A quick response disaster management team clears a tree that fell in a storm due to cyclone Mocha (pic/PTI)
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm -- Mocha -- overnight and it is likely to make landfall between Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh and Sittwe in Myanmar, officials said on Thursday morning.
The cyclone, named Mocha by Yemen -- pronounced as `Mokha`, is likely to bring heavy rainfall to the Andaman island chain, they said.