The IMD has also issued a red-coded warning alert to the Odisha and West Bengal coasts. The severe cyclonic storm Yaas (pronounced as Yass ) over northwest and Bay of Bengal intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm, Mohapatra said. It is very likely to move north-northwestwards, intensify further and reach near north Odisha coast close to Dhamra port by the early morning of Wednesday. It is very likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Islands close to north of Dhamra and south of Balasore, during noon of Wednesday, the 26th May as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said.