Cyclone Yaas To Intensify Into Severe Storm, Landfall Wednesday
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The governments of Bengal and Odisha are on high alert for the very severe cyclonic storm that will bring winds with a speed ranging 155-165 kmph and gusting to 185 kmph.
Cyclone Yaas is likely to intensify into severe cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours and will bring winds of speed of up to 180 kms per hour when it makes landfall on West Bengal and Odisha coasts on Wednesday, the weather department said today. Yaas - which is expected to be about as intense as Cyclone Tauktae which slammed into the west coast last week - will intensify into very severe cyclonic storm when it hits the land in the next 48 hours, it said. Deep Depression over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal intensified into Cyclonic Storm ‘Yaas' and about 600 km of Port Blair. To intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 24 hours and into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during subsequent 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/HfREdsMtOL The cyclonic storm is currently about 600 km of Port Blair, the IMD said in a update this morning. The governments of Bengal and Odisha are on high alert for the very severe cyclonic storm that will bring winds with a speed ranging 155-165 kmph and gusting to 185 kmph.More Related News