As Cyclone Yaas moves towards eastern coast, warning for these states
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Bengal: Authorities in India’s eastern coast were on alert ahead of a severe cyclone, Yaas, brewing in the Bay of Bengal on Monday, just 10 days after Cyclone Tauktae battered the country's western coast leaving a trail of death and destruction. Cyclone Yaas, forecast to hit West Bengal and Odisha, is expected to make landfall on Wednesday and could pack sustained winds of up to 165 kilometers per hour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. According to IMD’s National Weather Forecasting Centre, it lay centered at 8:30 am on Monday over the east-central Bay of Bengal, about 620km north-northwest of Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, 530km south-southeast of Paradip in Odisha, 630km south-southeast of Odisha’sBalasore and 620 km south-southeast of Digha in West Bengal. “It is very likely to move north-north-westwards, intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 12 hours and into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during subsequent 24 hours. It would continue to move north-north-westwards, intensify further and reach Northwest Bay of Bengal near north Odisha and West Bengal coasts by 26th May early morning. It is very likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar islands around noon of 26th May as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm,” it said. The met department also issued warnings for several states as authorities braced for the second severe storm and are preparing to evacuate people to safer places at a time when the country is battling the world’s worst outbreak of Covid-19.
