BHUBANESWAR:’ Cyclone’Yaas’ across the Bay of Bengal is very likely to intensify into a really intense cyclone and will cross the coast between Paradeep and Sagar Island on Wednesday, ” said India Meteorological Department (IMD). The cyclone with potential wind rate gusting to 185 mph might possess large-scale harmful effect and could have maximum effect on four coastal districts of Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak and Balasore. “The end speed of 155 to 165 mph gusting to 185 mph is extremely detrimental wind speed and can lead to large scale harmful effect. Heavy rain is expected in coastal areas out of Tuesday while the effects of powerful wind might be felt before and after the landfall. North Odisha districts are more most likely to be severely hit at the cyclone,” said director general (DG) of all IMD Mrutyunjay Mohapatra. He explained, concerning effect cyclone Yaas could be contrasted using cyclone Tauktae that ravaged the western shore of India a week and somewhat lower than cyclone Amphan which struck the eastern shore in May 2020. “The low pressure area over Bay of Bengal has focused to a depression and has been situated about 700 kilometers from Balasore and Digha. It’d proceed north and south north-eastward and become a cyclone storm through Monday morning. It’s extremely likely to cross north west Odisha – West Bengal coasts involving Paradip and Sagar islands by day of May 26 as a very severe cyclonic storm,” explained IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra. The specific point of landfall and end speed is going to be determined when the machine is going to be determined and grows into a cyclonic storm on Monday, IMD sources stated. “There are many parameters that assist with intensification of this cyclonic storm such as the temperatures of sea , just how long the machine is at the mid-sea, moisture from the air. The more it will remain in the sea that there are opportunities for this getting more acute,” Mohapatra additional. According to IMD’s predictions rain will start in coastal areas from Tuesday that will grow up to heavy to very heavy rain in areas of Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack and Keonjha around Wednesday. Anyway, the rain will likely last in interior districts of Sundargarh, Deogarh and Keonjhar until Thursday. “Some areas may experience significant rain around 200 mm, then” that the IMD Representative said. Squally winds with a rate of 50-60 mph will begin blowing off and along Odisha shore from Monday and maintain rising beyond 100 mph until Wednesday evening. In the aftermath of the coming cyclone IMD’s Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar has issued signal-1 threat warning for several vents in Odisha and bikers have been advised not to venture to the sea out of Sunday.
Cyclone ‘Yaas’ to make landfall between Paradeep and Sagar Island: IMD
