In Pics: Cyclone Yaas crossing Odisha border, to reach Jharkhand tomorrow morning, says IMD - The cyclone estimated 120-140 Km per hour wind speed made landfall around 9 am on Wednesday between Dhamra and Balasore in Odisha.
Cyclone Yaas will cross the coast south of Odisha's Balasore, which is around 150 km south of Kolkata, within the next two hours, with winds up to 140 km per hour and gusts of 155 km per hour. At 10.30 am it was 25 km south-southeast of Balasore.
May 25, 2021, 15:17 PM IST
Bhubaneswar: Ahead the predicted May 26 landfall of cyclone Yaas in coastal areas of the Odisha, the state on Tuesday (May 25) issued a red alert warning for Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and Balasore districts, which are likely to be affected with heavy rainfall.
Umashankar Das, Deputy Director of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar said, A red alert, i.e. extremely heavy rainfall warning has been issued for Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, and Balasore for today. The rainfall will exceed more than 20 cm.
The official said that an orange alert, i.e. heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Cuttack, Khorda, and Puri today, news agency PTI reported.
Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are on alert with the IMD saying that the cyclonic storm Yaas is going to intensity into a 'very severe cyclonic storm' in the next few hours. Cyclone Yaas is likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Island around Balasore, during noon of May 26. Here are Live Updates.
Cyclone Yaas will make landfall between Dhamra Port and Balasore on the Odisha coast at noon tomorrow, with wind speed of upto 185 km per hour. It is expected to pass over Bengal too and both states are on high alert.