Kolkata: Very severe cyclonic storm Yaas is presently positioned round 630 kilometres away from Digha coast and is probably going to make landfall on Tuesday (May 25) night someplace between Digha in East Midnapore district in West Bengal and Paradeep in Odisha. Kolkata Meteorological workplace launched a briefing on the matter on Monday (May 24).
Sanjib Banerjee, DDGM Indian Meteorological Department, Kolkata launched a briefing on Cyclone Yaas. According to the briefing, “Over the next 12 hours, it will intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm. “
At 1130 IST, Cyclone ‘Yaas’ about 520 km south-southeast of Paradip. To intensify additional and cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts betweenParadip and Sagar Islands round Balasore, throughout midday of twenty sixth Mayas a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm. pic.twitter.com/Xb9cHYsfyE
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) May 24, 2021
“On May 26, it will further intensify into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm. On May 26th afternoon, the Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Yaas will cross between Sagar of Bengal & Paradip of Odisha near Balasore,” the briefing acknowledged.
#Watch| Sanjib Banerjee, deputy director, IMD Kolkata briefs on Cyclonic storm.
Banerjee says {that a} Low Pressure will kind on twenty second May & will additional intensify into a Cyclonic storm & will attain the Bengal-Odisha coast on twenty sixth May morning. #CycloneYaas pic.twitter.com/g9JWfK0WQj
— Pooja Mehta (@pooja_news) May 21, 2021
The state administration has pressed into motion all its sources to minimise the damages brought on by the storm. The state administration is absolutely equipped to cope with the cyclone. The Unified Command Agency that features officers from all departments together with NDRF, SDRF, Kolkata police, West Bengal marine police, coastal guards, officers from that state electrical energy board and Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation has began working from Monday morning.
So far, the IAF airlifted 950 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel and 70 tonnes of cargo from Jamnagar, Varanasi, Patna and Arakonnam to Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Port Blair in 15 plane.
