Cyclone Yaas Intensifies Near Odisha, Rains to Lash AP and Telangana May 24, 2021, 15:02 IST
IMD says Yaas cyclone approaching, and rain is expected in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Telangana: Yaas Cyclone is on its way to the east coast. At the moment, it s only an air bubble. The storm is expected to worsen by tomorrow morning, according to the MET department. As a result of the cyclone s effects, the Telugu states will experience rain for the next two days.
According to the 13.30-hour bulletin from IMD, It is located 590 kilometres east-southeast of Paradip, Odisha. It is 690 kilometres south-southeast of Balasore and 670 kilometres south-southeast of Digha in West Bengal.
May 24, 2021, 11:16 IST
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday morning, Cyclone Yaas developed over the east-central region of the Bay of Bengal. In the next 36 to 48 hours, it is expected that the cyclone is going to be very severe. The storm will cross north of Odisha and the adjoining West Bengal coast between Paradip and Sagar islands during the afternoon hours of Wednesday. Cyclone Yaas will slowly move north-northwestwards and reach the north Bay of Bengal coast by the morning hours of May 26, the latest IMD cyclone forecast said.
Cyclone Yaas was located 600 kilometres north-northwest of Port Blair, 540 kilometres south-southeast of Paradip, and 650 kilometres south-southeast of Balasore at 5.30 a.m. on Monday.
Monsoon is expected in Karnataka on May 31
BENGALURU: Southwest monsoon, which was earlier expected to arrive in Karnataka in the first week of June, is now likely to set in at least four days early.
According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC), the onset of monsoon was projected for May 31 in Kerala and for June 3 or 4 in Karnataka. The new projections show it could hit Karnataka as early as May 31 or June 1 because of cyclone Yaas, it added.
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S S M Gavaskar, junior scientific officer from KSNDMC, said, “Once the monsoon sets in, we can predict how it will advance further. It could be weak, active or sometimes vigorous.” Monsoon ideally lasts from June to September and experts are predicting normal to above-normal rainfall this season. Gavaskar also pointed out that this year the state has received more rainfall during the pre-monsoon season. He also said, “Coastal Karnataka and north-interior Karnataka are likely
Boats anchored at a beach in Puri, Odisha (PTI photo)
4. Cyclone Yaas is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Islands around noon on May 26 as a very severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of 155-165 kmph, Kolkata s Regional Meteorological Centre Deputy Director Sanjib Bandopadhyay said.
5. The coastal districts of Purba and Paschim Medinipur, South and North 24 Parganas, along with Howrah and Hooghly will experience light to moderate rainfall in most places with heavy to very heavy downpours in one or two places from May 25 owing to the intensifying Cyclone Yaas.
6. On May 26, the spread and intensity of rain will increase with the possibility of extremely heavy rainfall in Jhargram, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Kolkata in West Bengal, according to the MeT Department.
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A low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression that will cross the West Bengal and Odisha coasts on May 26 as a “very severe cyclonic storm”, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. The depression is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm, “Yaas”, by Monday, it added.
“The cyclone will intensify into a very cyclonic storm and will cross the coast of north Odisha and West Bengal between Paradeep (Odisha) and Sagar Island with wind speed gusting to 185 Kmph. It is not coming to the northeast. If it had entered Bangladesh, there might have been some impact, but now Cyclone Yaas will not enter Assam,” Sanjay O’Neill Shaw, deputy director general of meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati, told TOI.