• Heavy to very heavy rainfall forecast on May 30 and 31 • NSDMA warns of 44-45 km gusting to 65 km/hr wind speed Morung Express News Dimapur | May 29 Nagaland, along with the rest of the North East region, is expected to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall on May 30 and 31, as cyclonic storm ‘Mora’ over east central Bay of Bengal moved further north-eastwards. A weather warning issued by the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) informed today that Cyclone Mora will continue to track north- eastwards between 91° east and 92°east by May 30. As per the weather forecast of NSDMA and IMD, deep depression intensifying into cyclone Mora as of May 29 is centered at Latitude 17° N and Longitude 91.3° E, around 680 km south-southeast of Kolkata and 580 km south-southwest of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The NSDMA informed that on May 30, Tuesday, heavy to very heavy rain would occur in Nagaland with extremely heavy rainfall and squally wind speed of 44-45 km gusting to 65 km/hr. It advised people in the state to take note of the weather warning and get regular updates of the weather at www.imd.gov.in. For any further clarification and support, stay in touch with the concerned District Disaster Management Authorities and Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority at 9555844253, the NSDMA informed. By May 29 evening, a notification from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that the cyclone was travelling with a speed of 19 kmph, and is likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours. The IMD also predicted rainfall on May 30 at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places. Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh in the North East, along with coastal West Bengal and the Andaman islands are set to be affected by the cyclone.