Cyclone Remal to reach West Bengal, Bangladesh coasts by Sunday evening

This is the first cyclone during pre-monsoon period in Bay of Bengal and it will be called Remal.

For the past three decades, there have been no such high temperatures on the surface of seas since record keeping started in 1880s.

"Currently, Arabian Sea, as well as Bay of Bengal, is very warm; thus a tropical cyclone can easily form there,” Rajeevan said.

On May 26-27, Warning has been issued for very heavy rainfall in coastal districts of West Bengal, north Odisha Mizoram, Tripura and south Manipur.