Cyclone Yaas likely to make landfall near Odisha’s Dhamra Port: IMD

Severe cyclonic storm Yaas is likely to make landfall near Dhamra Port in Odishas Bhadrak district early on Wednesday morning the India Meteorological Department IMD saidDr Umashankar Das a scientist at the Regional Meteorological Centre Bhubaneswar said that the landfall will most likely be between Dhamra and Chandbali in the districtIMD Director General Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that Yaas is likely to intensify into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm VSCS by Tuesday evening and Chandbali is likely to witness the maximum damage caused by itAt 0830 IST SCS lsquoYaasrsquo about 280 km southsoutheast of Paradip To intensify further and cross north OdishaWest Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Island close to north of Dhamra and south of Balasore during noon of Wednesday the 26th May as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm pictwittercomU03UVjILj9mdash India Meteorological Department Indiametdept May 25 2021Rain has already started and will continue Wind speeds in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts will reach around 80 kmph by midnight he saidHe said the impact will be severe for six hours before and after the landfallBig trees and electric poles may get uprooted Chandbali is likely to witness the maximum damage due to the cyclone Mohapatra saidChief Minister Naveen Patnaik has rushed Odishas Minister of State for Home D S Mishra to Balasore to monitor the situation in the northern parts of the stateAlso ReadFlight services at Bhubaneswar Kolkata airports may be hit by Cyclone YaasOfficial sources said that the evacuation process is underway in full swing in the coastal districts and over 50000 people have been taken to safe shelters till noonThe process will be completed by afternoon much before Yaas nears the coast they saidThe evacuation of people is being carried out keeping in view the IMDs warning of a tidal surge of around 245 metres during the landfallYaas is likely to move northnorthwestwards and intensify further into a VSCS during the next 12 hours the IMD said in its latest bulletin issued at 910 am on TuesdayThe system has been moving northnorthwestwards at a speed of 10 kmph during the past six hours It lays centred around 320 km southsoutheast of Paradip Odisha 430 km southsoutheast of Balasore Odisha and 420 km south southeast of Digha West Bengal at 530 am it saidSqually wind speeds reaching 5060 kmph gusting to 70 kmph are prevailing over north Bay of Bengal and along and off Andhra PradeshOdishaWest BengalBangladesh coasts the weatherman saidWind speeds will increase to 155165 kmph gusting to 185 kmph over northwest Bay of Bengal and along and off north Odisha and adjoining West Bengal coasts including Jagatsinghpur Kendrapara Bhadrak Balasore districts of Odisha during landfall it saidIn Odishas Mayurbhanj district and West Bengals Purba Medinipur and South 24 Parganas districts wind speeds may increase to 100120 kmph gusting to 145 kmphWind speeds reaching 8090 kmph gusting to 110 kmph will prevail over Odishas Puri Cuttack Khurda and Jajpur districts and West Bengals Jhargram Paschim Medinipur and North 24 Parganas districts during the periodThe system is likely to cause heavy rain over large parts of West Bengal and Odisha on Tuesday and WednesdayYaas is also expected to cause a storm surge of 24 metres along the coastline of Purba Medinipur and 12 metres in South 24 ParganasThe weatherman advised fishermen against venturing out into the sea till further informationIt warned of destruction to thatched houses extensive damage to kutcha dwellings and some damage to pucca buildings in coastal and adjoining interior districts of West BengalThe MeT Department also warned of bending or uprooting of electric poles and disruption of railway services due to snapping of power lines and signalling systemsThe South Eastern Railways has announced the cancellation of several passenger special trains till WednesdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever