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Cyclone Yaas: Heavy rainfall expected in parts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Odisha, West Bengal

According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): Cyclonic storm Yaas will hit Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. It is also feared that the storm will affect portions of Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim.

It is very likely to move north-north-westwards, intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 12 hours and into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during subsequent 24 hours. It would continue to move north-north-westwards, intensify further and reach Northwest Bay of Bengal near north Odisha and West Bengal coasts by 26th May early morning. It is very likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar islands around noon of 26th May as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm.

Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy falls at isolated places and heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places in Andhra Pradesh while Assam and Meghalaya may receive light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on May 26 and 27.

Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy falls at isolated places over Coastal Odisha on 24th, with heavy to very heavy rainfall in Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore  districts and heavy over Ganjam, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj districts on Tuesday, heavy to very heavy rains at a few places with extremely heavy falls at isolated places  in Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj,  Dhenkanal, Keonjhargarh and heavy falls at isolated places in Puri, Khurda, Angul, Deogarh, Sundergarh on May 26 and heavy rainfall at isolated places in north interior Odisha on May 27.

Light to moderate rainfall at most places in Jhakrhand with heavy to very heavy rainfall and extremely heavy falls at isolated places on May 26 and 27 and isolated heavy falls on May 28.

Bihar may receive light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall and extremely heavy falls at isolated places on 27th May and isolated heavy to very heavy falls on May 28.

Yesterday’s Depression over eastcentral Bay of Bengal (BoB) moved west-north-westwards and intensified into a deep depression over the same region in the midnight (2330 hrs IST of 23rd May). Thereafter, it moved slowly north-north-westwards and intensified into the cyclonic storm “YAAS” over eastcentral BoB in the early morning (0530 hrs IST) of today, the 24th May, 2021.

It lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 24th May, 2021 over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal near latitude 16.4°N and longitude 89.6°E, about 620 km north-northwest of Port Blair (Andaman Islands), 530 km south-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 630 km south-southeast of Balasore (Odisha) and 620 km south-southeast of Digha (West Bengal).

Dainik Samvaad Correspondent
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