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Cyclone Yaas may have a shorter lifespan than Amphan, but that doesn’t mean it will be any less destructive
Cyclone Yaas may have a shorter lifespan than Amphan, but that doesn’t mean it will be any less destructive
Prabhjote GillMay 24, 2021, 11:00 IST
Cargo barge being tied up the side off on the banks of the Ganges for preparation of the fear of Super Cyclone Yaas in Kolkata 23 May 2021
Cyclone Yaas is likely to turn into a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ once it hits the Indian coast on May 26.
This is the fourth time that a cyclone is hitting India within the month of May, and the second cyclone that the country has had to brace for in as many weeks.
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‘Very severe cyclone’ may spin up over Arabian Sea
May 14, 2021
The low-pressure area over the Arabian Sea has intensified into being well-marked and could likely deepen further into a depression towards the night on Friday on way to become a likely cyclone - the weather company
The low-pressure area over the Arabian Sea has intensified into being well-marked and could likely deepen further into a depression towards the night on Friday on way to become a likely cyclone - the weather company×
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Weather alert in the Arabian Sea has been raised to that of a very severe cyclone with a prevailing well-marked low-pressure area having already intensified into a depression on Friday afternoon. It could become a deep depression into the same night, just a spin away from being called a conventional cyclone.
Thousands flee Christmas Day typhoon Nock-Ten in Philippines
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DARAGA: Thousands of residents were fleeing coastal and other hazardous areas in the eastern Philippines on Sunday as a powerful typhoon barrelled towards the disaster-prone archipelago.
Officials warned 2.5-metre (eight-feet) high waves and landslides posed the biggest threats as Nock-Ten closed in on the Bicol peninsula and nearby islands. “We went around with megaphones and gave instructions to our people to eat breakfast, pack and board the military trucks,” Alberto Lindo, an official of Alcala, a farming village of 3,300 people near the active Mayon volcano, said.
“There are large ash deposits on the slopes. Heavy rain can dislodge them and bury our homes in mud.”