Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 23

Yaas will cross the north Odisha-West Bengal coast between Paradip and Sagar islands by the evening of May 26 as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, the Indian Meteorological Department said on Sunday.

According to the weather office, the satellite imageries and Ocean Buoy observations indicate that on Saturday’s Low-Pressure Area, which became well marked over east-central Bay of Bengal, has concentrated into a Depression on Sunday.

Trains remain parked at Hatia Railway Station in Ranchi on May 22, 2021. Most trains bound for Odisha and West Bengal were cancelled due to Yaas cyclone. PTI

The Depression lay centered over east-central Bay of Bengal about 560 km north-northwest of Port Blair (Andaman Islands), 590 km east-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 690 km south-southeast of Balasore (Odisha) and 670 km south-southeast of Digha (West Bengal).

Indian Naval Ships and Aircraft standby for rescue and relief operations on May 22, 2021, as the low-pressure area in the North Andaman seas likely to intensify as Cyclonic Storm, ‘Yaas’ during the next 24 hrs over the Bay of Bengal. PTI photo

It is very likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify into a Cyclonic Storm by Monday morning and further into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during the subsequent 24 hours, it added.

Boats anchored at a beach in Puri, Odisha, on May 22, 2021. Cyclone Yaas is likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm and cross the Odisha and the West Bengal coasts on May 26. PTI photo

It would continue to move north-northwestwards, intensify further and reach Northwest Bay of Bengal near West Bengal and north Odisha coasts by May 26 morning.

It is very likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal between Paradip and Sagar islands by the evening of May 26 as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, the IMD said.