Later on this day, the weakened storm will reach border areas and cross over to Gangetic West Bengal as Depression. Digha, Contai, Midnapore and capital city Kolkata may also get moderate to heavy rains on 5th Dec. General improvement in this area is expected on 06th Dec when the rainbelt shifts to Bangladesh and Northeast India.
On Friday, special relief commissioner in Odisha Pradeep Kumar Jena said that massive devastation is not expected from Cyclone Jawad. The cyclone is likely to make landfall between December 4 evening and December 5 morning, he said.