The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm “Yaas’ is likely to thunder into the Bengal-Odisha coast between Sagar Island and Paradeep on May 26 after turning into a severe cyclone.
‘Yaas’ is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Islands around noon on May 26 as a very severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of 155-165 kmph, Kolkata’s Regional Meteorological Centre Deputy Director Sanjib Bandopadhyay said.
The system currently lay 540 km south-southeast of Paradip in Odisha and 630 km south-southeast of Digha in West Bengal on Monday morning and is very likely to move north-northwest wards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by Tuesday and into a very severe cyclonic storm by Wednesday morning, IMD said.
