Bhubaneswar: The Cyclonic Storm “Yaas” is very likely to intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during the next 12 hours and into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during subsequent 12 hours, informed the IMD in its latest bulletin.
The Cyclonic Storm “Yaas” over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 12 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centred at 1730 hrs IST of today, the 24th May, 2021 over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal near latitude 17.1°N and longitude 89.3°E, about 710 km north-northwest of Port Blair (Andaman Islands), 450 km south-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 550 km south-southeast of Balasore (Odisha) and 540 km south-southeast of Digha (West Bengal).
It would continue to move north-northwestwards, 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 Island around Balasore, during noon of 26th May as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, the latest weather forecast by IMD said.
Light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur at many places with heavy falls at isolated places over Coastal Odisha on 24th, with heavy to very heavy rainfall in Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore districts and heavy over Ganjam, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj districts on 25th, heavy to very heavy rains at a few places with extremely heavy falls at isolated places in Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Keonjhargarh and heavy falls at isolated places in Puri, Khurda, Angul, Deogarh, Sundergarh on 26th May and heavy rainfall at isolated places in north interior Odisha on 27th May.
Gale wind speed 60-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph from 26th early hours over northwest Bay of Bengal and along and off West Bengal & north Odisha & Bangladesh coasts It would gradually increase further becoming 90-100 gusting to 110 kmph from 25th early hours, becoming 120-130 gusting to 140 kmph by night of 25th and increase thereafter becoming 155-165 kmph gusting to 185 kmph over northwest Bay of Bengal along & off West Bengal & north Odisha including Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore districts of Odisha, 100-120 kmph gusting to 145 kmph over Mayurbhanj district of Odisha & East Medinipur & South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal from early hours of 26th May. Gale wind speed reaching 80-90 kmph gusting to 110 kmph would prevail over Puri, Cuttack, Khurda, Jajpur districts of Odisha & Jhargram, West Medinipur, North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal during same period
Tidal waves of height 2-4 meters above astronomical tide are likely to inundate low lying low laying areas of Medinipur, Balasore, Bhadrak and about 2 meters above astronomical tide are likely to inundate low lying low laying areas of South 24 Parganas, Kendrapara & Jagatsinghpur Districts around the time of landfall.
