AGARTALA, May 22 (TIWN): Deadly Cyclone Roanu impacting Tripura with such incessant rain over past few days that heavy downpours creating flood like situation in the state. Talking to TIWN correspondent, MET official said that the incessant rain the state is due to the Deadly Cyclone Roanu hovering towards Bangladesh. He further said that Tripura recorded a total of 45.6 mm rainfall till 8.30 in the morning on Saturday. Incessant rainfall that Agartala had been witnessing for the last two days had disrupted normal life in the state. Thousands of people are trapped in the road due to the continuous rain and water logging at several parts of the city. According to MeT officials, several parts in the state have been witnessing continuous rainfall for the past two days because of active monsoon systems. The state has been witnessing heavy rainfall over past many days and flood like situation has occurred all around.Several roads were water logged and jam packed with vehicles. Traffic on the roads was affected for hours because of an overflowing stream.

Normal life in the city was disrupted on Saturday due incessant rain throughout the day. A drizzle in the morning turned into a downpour by afternoon.

Deadly Cyclone Roanu will bring a major flood risk to northeastern India and Bangladesh as it slams onshore during the first half of the weekend.

The first tropical cyclone of the season in the Bay of Bengal will make landfall in Bangladesh, near or just north of Chittagong, on Saturday.

As the cyclonic storm traverses the Bay of Bengal from the Indian coast to Bangladesh, it is expected to gain strength and become a Severe Cyclonic Storm with maximum sustained winds of 90-115 km/h (55-70 mph).

The south-central coast of Bangladesh is at risk for flooding storm surge and wind gusts of 95-125 km/h (60-80 mph) as Roanu moves onshore. Power outages, tree damage and structural damage may result.

The major threat from Roanu will continue to be flooding.

This threat will expand well beyond the point of landfall, encompassing southern Bangladesh, northeastern India and western and northern Myanmar.

In northeastern India, this includes Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and eastern parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

The cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ west-central Bay of Bengal lay centred about 40 km south-southeast of Kalingapatnam, about 146 km off Visakhapatnam coast.

The storm moving at a speed of 25 km per hour has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm by Friday night resulting continuous rainfall.