Bhubaneswar: The IMD has informed that the Deep Depression over East-central Bay of Bengal has now intensified into Cyclonic Storm ‘Yaas’ and is about 600 km of Port Blair.
Besides, it will further intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during the next 24 hours and into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during the subsequent 24 hours.
As per the latest weather bulletin issued by the IMD, squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting 60 kmph is very likely to prevail over North Bay of Bengal and along and off Odisha – West Bengal – Bangladesh coasts from May 24 evening.
It would increase gradually becoming 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph from May 25 evening. It would further increase becoming gale wind speed 60-70 kmph gusting to 80 kmph from May 26 early hours over northwest Bay of Bengal and along and off West Bengal and north Odisha and Bangladesh coasts.
It would gradually increase further becoming 90-100 gusting to 110 kmph from May 26 morning and increase thereafter becoming 155-165 kmph gusting to 185 kmph at the time of landfall till May 26.
