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#WeatherUpdate | #CycloneYaas to Become Very Severe Cyclonic Storm; Expected to Bring Heavy Rainfall Across #WestBengal, #Odisha.

#CycloneYaas, which formed over the east-central Bay of Bengal on Monday morning, has retained ‘severe cyclonic storm’ intensity as of Tuesday morning.

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The storm has started to affect the coastal regions of Odisha and West Bengal with substantial rains, with Paradip in Odisha registering a whopping 161 mm rainfall over the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning.

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By Tuesday evening, the storm is expected to intensify into a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’. It is likely to reach a peak intensity with wind speeds of around 155-165 kmph gusting to 185 kmph during the early hours of Wednesday.

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#CycloneYaas lies more than 300 km away from the Odisha coast and is barrelling towards it at a moderate speed of around 10 kmph.

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Since the sea surface temperature and other meteorological conditions remain favourable, the storm is expected to continue intensifying till it approaches the coast. If the cyclone spends more time over the sea than expected, it is likely to intensify further.

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#Landfall around Balasore in Odisha

As Cyclone Yaas continues to move north-northwestwards, it is likely to approach Odisha-West Bengal coasts and reach Chandbali-Dhamra port during early hours on Wednesday.

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The #landfall is expected between Paradip and Sagar Island around Balasore in Odisha between 10.30 am to 12.30 pm on Wednesday, reports the IMD. The intensity of the storm is expected to remain in the ‘very severe’ category during landfall.

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During landfall, devastating winds blowing at more than 150 kmph could batter coastal districts of Odisha and West Bengal like Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore.

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Tidal waves of over 2-4 m—and in extreme cases 8 m—above the normal levels are possible across Odisha-West Bengal coasts.

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#CycloneYaas will induce very heavy—locally extremely heavy—rains across east, central and northeast India from Tuesday through Thursday, with total rainfall of 200-300 mm during these three days from Tuesday to Thursday. Maximum rainfall is likely to come down on Wednesday.

After landfall, Yass will weaken rapidly as the moisture and heat fuelling the storm from the ocean is cut off. However, the cloud bands that the storm will push inland will advance northwestward into the northern plains.

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#CycloneYaas will be the second storm of 2021 to make landfall with an intensity of ‘very severe storm’, after Cyclone Tauktae which made landfall over Gujarat on May 17.

On May 20, 2020, the Super #CycloneAmphan ripped through West Bengal killing 128 people and became the costliest cyclone on record in the North Indian Ocean after destroying properties worth ₹1 lakh crores.

On May 3, 2019, Extremely Severe #CycloneFani wreaked havoc across Odisha and West Bengal, killing 89 and causing nearly ₹60,000 crores in damages.