Moderate rainfall likely in north Andhra Pradesh today

  • | Monday | 24th May, 2021

IMD officials say that the high-velocity winds are likely along and off the coast on May 26. Heavy rainfall is expected from May 24 to May 26 in West Bengal, Odisha, and moderate rains along with parts of north Andhra.

The well-marked low-pressure formation over east central Bay of Bengal has concentrated into a deep depression over the same area and lay centred 560km north-northwest of Port Blair, 590 km east-southeast off Paradeep, 690km south- southeast off Balasore (Odisha), 670 km off south-southeast off Digha (West Bengal).

The system will move north-northwest and concentrate into a cyclone (Yaas) on May 24. During the subsequent 48 hours, it will turn into a very severe cyclone storm and move in north-northwest direction and cross Odisha-West Bengal between Paradeep of Odisha and Sagar Islands of West Bengal on May 26 evening. IMD officials say that the high velocity winds are likely along and off the coast on May 26. Heavy rainfall is expected from May 24 to May 26 in West Bengal, Odisha and moderate rains along parts of north Andhra.

Helplines have been set up in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam and the process of evacuation has already commenced to mitigate loss of lives in Srikakulam, a district bordering Odisha. IMD officials in Amaravati said that the impact of cyclone Yaas on Andhra Pradesh will be low and some parts of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts will receive moderate rainfall.


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