Cyclone Yash to bring heavy rainfall to South Bengal, landfall between May 23 and May 25
(*23*)The Regional Meteorological Department has predicted that Super Cyclone ‘Yash’ is probably going to make landfall in Sundarban areas between May 23 and May 25 and presumably transfer in direction of Bangladesh.
The met division warned that the ferocity of the cyclonic Storm named by Oman may equal that of ‘Amphan’ that devastated Kolkata and adjoining areas on May 19 final yr in the course of the lockdown.
Though the meteorological division is just not certain in regards to the path and the pace of the wind however they stated {that a} low despair has been shaped within the East Central Bay and its adjoining areas and as it’s growing in energy on daily basis it would take the form of a ‘Super Cyclone’ earlier than making landfall by the top of the week.
However, the officers are of the opinion that the storm may transfer in direction of Bangladesh after getting into land by means of the Sundarbans. The division has already issued a warning to the fishermen asking them not to enterprise to the ocean on May 23.
The division officers stated that due to the formation of the despair, temperature is growing within the areas of Gangetic West Bengal together with Kolkata, South and North 24 parganas and it’s probably to enhance additional. “In the last 24 hours the temperature has increased five degrees and it is likely to touch 40 degrees in the next couple of days. The humidity is also high creating uneasiness for the people. These are all results of the depression,” a met official stated.
Last yr Kolkata witnessed one of the devastating cyclonic storms when ‘Amphan’ made landfall within the Sundarbans at a pace of practically 260 kilometres per hour and went by means of the guts of the town, nearly bringing all exercise to a standstill for the following seven days.
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