The rare July cyclone 'Komen' crossed the Bangladesh coast during last night, weakened on impacting land and lay as a deep depression over near Maijidicourt early this morning.
It is expected to weaken further as a depression during the course of the day and slowly track towards southern parts of northeast India and adjoining east India during the next few days.
The weakened storm would continue to pose the threat of heavy rain for West Bengal and progressively into Odisha and east Madhya Pradesh over the next few days.
The system could possibly flare-up once again over central India before finally running out of momentum by August 5 or 6, forecasts suggested.
But it would still rain it out over parts of northwest India, especially west Uttat Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and northern parts of Rajasthan, says the US Climate Prediction Centre.
High seas, sqaulls
Sea conditions are expected to be rough to very rough over north Bay of Bengal for the next 24 hours, an India Met Department update said.
Heavy rain and high wind alert has been sounded over the West Bengal and north Odisha coasts for the rest of the day. Squally conditions are likely over parts of northeastern states.
Parts of the west coast, including Konkan-Mumbai and coastal and adjoining south interior Karnataka, are also expected to receive varying amount of rainfall as the 'Komen' remnant passes over central India.