Cyclone Yaas: The Odisha authorities has issued excessive alert in at the least 14 of the state’s 30 districts within the wake of the IMD’s forecast of a doable cyclone crossing the Odisha-West Bengal coast by May 26 morning.
In view of doable cyclonic storm YAAS over the Bay of Bengal, the Railway authorities canceled a complete of 74 trains passing via East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction.
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IMD in its bulletin has knowledgeable {that a} low-pressure system is more likely to type over the Bay of Bengal on May 22. This could intensify right into a despair on May 23 and right into a cyclone on May 24. The cyclone is more likely to make landfall between Odisha and West Bengal.
The system could be very more likely to transfer north-westwards and attain the Odisha-West Bengal coast round May 26 morning. The climate division has suggested fishermen to not enterprise into the deep sea space of the central Bay of Bengal between May 23 and May 25 and into the North Bay of Bengal alongside and off the Odisha coast from May 24 to May 27.
The Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, stated “A Low-pressure area has formed over eastcentral BoB today morning. To intensify into a CS by 24th May. To intensify further into Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, move north-northwestwards and cross West Bengal and adjoining north Odisha & Bangladesh coasts around 26th evening.”
The cyclonic storm ‘Cyclone Yaas’, is more likely to transfer northwestwards and attain the Odisha-West Bengal coast on May 26 (Wednesday).
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has begun positioning its groups in West Bengal and Odisha as Cyclone Yaas is more likely to hit these states on the jap coast of the nation round May 26-27.
The Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, tweeted, “A cyclonic circulation lies over Southeast and adjoining central Bay of Bengal between 3.1 km & 5.8 km above mean sea level. Under its influence, a Low-pressure area is very likely to form over east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining the north Andaman Sea on 22nd May 2021. It is very likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a Cyclonic Storm by 24th May. It would continue to move northwestwards, intensify further and reach North Bay of Bengal near Odisha- West Bengal coasts around 26th May morning.”
Following are warnings points by the Regional Meteorological Centre:
(i) Rainfall:
Light to average rainfall at most locations with heavy to very heavy falls at remoted locations over the districts of coastal Odisha very more likely to begin from twenty fifth May with a major enhance in depth and spatial extension subsequently.
(ii) Wind warning
• Squally wind velocity reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph is more likely to prevail over the Andaman Sea & adjoining east-central and southeast Bay of Bengal on twenty second May. It could be very more likely to enhance turning into 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph over east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Andaman Sea from twenty third Morning. It could be very more likely to enhance additional turning into 50-60 gusting to 70 kmph on twenty third May and turning into Gale wind velocity reaching 65 to 75 gusting to 85 over main elements of central Bay of Bengal from twenty fourth morning and would enhance steadily until twenty fifth May.
• Squally wind velocity reaching 40-50 kmph gusting 60 kmph could be very more likely to prevail over North Bay of Bengal and alongside and off Odisha – West Bengal Bangladesh coasts from twenty fourth night. It would enhance steadily turning into 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph from the twenty fifth night and would steadily enhance thereafter until twenty sixth midday.
(iii) Sea situation
Sea circumstances will likely be tough to very tough over the Andaman Sea & adjoining solid the central Bay of Bengal on twenty third May, High to very excessive over main elements of central Bay of Bengal, North Bay of Bengal and alongside & off Odisha – West Bengal coasts throughout twenty fourth – twenty sixth May.
(iv) Fishermen Warning
The fishermen are suggested to not enterprise into the central Bay of Bengal from twenty third twenty fifth May and into north Bengal and alongside & off Odisha – West Bengal coasts from twenty fourth – twenty seventh May. Fishermen, those that are out within the (*70*) Sea are suggested to return to the coast by twenty third May 2021.
April-May, the pre-monsoon months, often witness the formation of cyclones on the jap in addition to the western coast. May 2020 noticed two cyclones — tremendous cyclonic storm Amphan and extreme cyclonic storm Nisarga — which hit the jap and western coast, respectively.
