Yas will be very critical, make landfall close to Balasore: Mateo

The Meteorological Department stated that deep strain over the Bay of Bengal intensified right into a cyclonic storm Yas on Monday and is more likely to hit the Odisha-Bengal coasts after turning into a really extreme cyclonic storm on 26 May.

According to the Met Office, the cyclonic storm may hit a velocity of 155 kmph close to Balasore in north Odisha at a velocity of 185 kmph round midday on May 26 with a velocity of 165 kmph.

“This system, which was centered about 620 km south-southeast of Balasore and 610 km south-southeast of Digha in West Bengal over the Bay of East-Central Bengal on Monday morning, will transfer in a north-northwest route. . “It will turn into a severe cyclonic storm by Monday night and into a very severe cyclonic storm by the morning of 26 May,” stated Sanjeev Bandyopadhyay, deputy director of the Regional Meteorological Center in Kolkata.

The system may have a sustained velocity of 90 kmph to 100 kmph, alongside and off the Odisha coast on the morning of 26 May, at a velocity of 110 kmph.

“At the time of landfall near Balasore, wind speeds will reach 155 kmph to 165 kmph in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak and Balasore districts and Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal,” Bandopadhyay stated.

In West Bengal, the coastal areas of North and South 24 Parganas may have winds starting from 90 kmph to 100 kmph with a velocity of 120 kmph. On May 26, wind speeds in Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly can attain 90 kmph with a velocity of 70 kmph to 80 kmph.

According to the Meteorological Department, as a result of cyclone Yas, there shall be storms on the banks of Balasore, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Bhadrak in Odisha. Along the shoreline in Purba Medinipur, the storm wave can rise from two to 4 meters lengthy and one to 2 meters within the South 24 Parganas district.

In West Bengal, the coastal districts of Purba and West Medinipur, South and North 24 Parganas in addition to Howrah and Hooghly have been receiving mild to average rains at many locations since Monday afternoon.

Rainfall will intensify and intensify with the opportunity of “extremely heavy rains” in Jhargram, Purba and West Medinipur, North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Kolkata on 26 May.