Asani Intensifies Into Severe Cyclonic Storm, Indian Odisha, West Bengal On Alert
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Cyclone Asani, formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal, further
intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Sunday evening as it
moved northwestwards in the direction of north Andhra
Pradesh-Odisha coasts, the Indian Met department said, Trend reports citing
The Indian
EXPRESS .
The severe cyclone, on reaching westcentral and adjoining
northwest Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coasts on
Tuesday, is very likely to recurve north-northeast wards and move
towards northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast, it said
Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday
issued warning for fishermen venturing into the Bay of Bengal and
Andaman Sea. The met department in its warning said,“Fishermen are
advised not to venture into East-central and South-east Bay of
Bengal and adjoining Andaman Sea on May 8. Meanwhile, fishermen
were also advised not to venture into central parts of Bay of
Bengal on May 9 and 10 and over Northwest Bay of Bengal from May
10-12.
The cyclone over the Southeast Bay of Bengal moved nearly
northwestwards with a speed of 14 kmph for the last six hours on
Sunday, Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar said in a tweet. Asani
intensified into a Severecyclonic storm and is about 880 km
south-southeast of Puri, Odisha.
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