Attends video-conference with Amit Shah
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday said that Andhra Pradesh is expected to be spared much of the impact of an impending cyclone named Yaas, which is likely to make landfall along the West Bengal-Odisha coast on Wednesday.
Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy put forth his observation during a video-conference with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, which was also attended by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, and Andaman & Nicobar Lieutenant Governor Devendra Kumar Joshi on Monday.
During the conference, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that going by the movement of the cyclone, its impact on Andhra Pradesh was not expected to be severe. However, the State government remained on high alert to face any contingency, he said.
A depression in east central Bay of Bengal is very likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm with a possible wind speed of 155 kmph to 165 kmph and make landfall on May 26 evening between Paradip in Odisha and Sagar island in West Bengal, the Met department said on Sunday. The system, which lays 670 km south-southeast of Digha in West Bengal and 590 km east-southeast of Paradip, will cause heavy to very heavy rain in the coastal and interior districts of the two states as it progresses, said Sanjib Bandopadhyay, the deputy director of the Regional Met Centre in Kolkata. The depression will intensify into a cyclonic storm by May 24 morning and move in a north-northwesterly direction.
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Cyclone Yass is estimated to make landfall at Purba Medinipur in West Bengal.
The world’s leading cyclone forecasting agency, ECMWF made the forecast based on the sea conditions on May 21.
Though the development has not yet been confirmed by the IMD.
New Delhi: As India s east coast braces for Cyclone Yaas which is less than 48 hours from forming over the Bay of Bengal, the estimated landfall for the storm is likely to be Purba Medinipur in West Bengal.
It was earlier predicted to make landfall on morning of May 26 along
The prediction comes from world’s leading cyclone forecasting agency, the ECMWF, based on the sea conditions as of May 21. It has changed the landfall place from Bhadrak – Balasore in Odisha to Purba Medinipur in West Bengal.
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