East Midnapore: Rough sea within the Bay of Bengal forward of Cyclone Yaas landfall, at Digha
Cyclone Yaas intensified into a really extreme cyclonic storm on Tuesday night, India Meteorological Department Director General M Mohapatra stated, even because the states of West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand aggressively evacuated over 12 lakh individuals to storm shelters by late night. The IMD additionally issued a red-coded warning alert to the Odisha and West Bengal coasts. “The severe cyclonic storm ‘Yaas’ (pronounced as ‘Yass’) over northwest and Bay of Bengal intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm,” Mohapatra stated.
Meanwhile, light to moderate rainfall are anticipated at most locations in Odisha, West Bengal, and Jharkhand, knowledgeable the IMD. The MeT division has additionally predicted heavy to extraordinarily heavy rainfall at remoted locations in these states. IMD earlier knowledgeable that the cyclone is “very likely” to attain close to north Odisha coast shut to Bhadrak’s Dhamra port by the early morning of May 26.
Cyclone Yaas LIVE UpdatesÂ
07:00 am:Â Sea turns tough at Digha within the Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal
06:46 am:Â Strong winds coupled with heavy showers lash Odisha’s Dhamra
06:15 am:Â Cyclone Yaas ‘very possible’ to transfer north-northwestwards to attain close to north Odisha coast shut to the north of Dhamra and south of Balasore by midday at the moment, as a ‘very extreme cyclonic storm’ with a wind velocity of 130-140 kmph (issued at 0300 hrs): India Meteorological Department (IMD)
