Bay of Bengal cyclone to accentuate into storm ‘Asani’, to maneuver parallel to east coast

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The deep despair over Southeast Bay of Bengal Sunday moved west-northwestwards with a pace of 16 kmph throughout previous 6 hours and intensified right into a cyclonic storm ‘Asani’ (pronounced as Asani) , IMD stated.

The system lay centered at 5.30 AM over Southeast Bay of Bengal, about 450 km west-northwest of Car Nicobar (Nicobar Islands), 380 km west of Port Blair (Andaman Islands), 970 km southeast of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 1030 km south-southeast of Puri (Odisha).

“It is very likely to move northwestwards and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm over east central Bay of Bengal during next 24 hours,” the India Meteorological Department stated including that the system could be very more likely to proceed to maneuver northwestwards until May tenth night and attain West-central and adjoining Northwest Bay of Bengal off North Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts.

Thereafter, it is vitally more likely to recurve north-northeastwards and transfer in the direction of Northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast.

The IMD DG Mrutunjay Mohaptra has on Saturday made it clear the cyclone was unlikely to make landfall both within the coast of Odisha or Andhra Pradesh, however will transfer parallel to the coast within the sea.

The IMD in its newest bulletin stated that the system will stay within the type of a cyclonic storm until Sunday night and later intensify right into a extreme cyclonic storm and can proceed to stay on this type until May 10 night time.

Subsequently, it is going to lose steam within the sea and grow to be one other cyclonic storm on May 11 and 12.

While the utmost pace restrict on May 8 will stay at 60 to 70 kmph, gusting to 80 kmph, its pace might improve to 90 to 100 kmph with gusting as much as 110 kmph by Sunday afternoon after which pace up by night to achieve 95 to 105kmph with gusting to 115 kmph.

On May ninth, the wind pace will likely be 105 to 115 gusting 125 kmph after which the storm is predicted to lose stream within the sea on May 10 with wind pace coming all the way down to 96-105 gusting 115 within the early hours decreasing progressively because the day wears off.

Meanwhile, Odisha authorities stated it has not lowered guards even after getting info that the cyclone won’t hit the state’s coast.

The state was ready to evacuate 7.5 lakh individuals if want be, Special Relief Commissioner P Okay Jena stated.