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Cyclone 'Sitrang' likely to bring heavy rain, dampen Diwali cheer in West Bengal

The system is expected to make a landfall between Tinkona island and Sandwip in Bangladesh early on October 25, the Met department said. It lay centred around 430 km south of Sagar Island on Monday morning, the department said.

It will trigger heavy to very heavy rain in North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal India on Tuesday, it said.