LIVE: Cyclone Yaas to intensify further into Very Severe Storm during next 12 hours

More than 800 Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) personnel are in a high state of readiness for the cyclone Yaas.

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New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday (May 25, 2021) predicted that Cyclone Yaas is going to intensify into a 'Very Severe Cyclonic Storm' in the next few hours.

As per a weather bulletin released at 2 AM, the Cyclonic Storm Yaas over East-central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 10 kmph during the past 6 hours, intensified into a Severe Cyclonic Storm and lay centred at 2330 hrs of May 24

With impending very severe cyclonic storm Yaas predicted to make landfall on the Odisha-West Bengal border on the eastern coast of the country, the district administration evacuated locals from their homes to shelter homes in Jagatsinghpur district.

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25 May 2021

13:17 IST

Cyclone Yaas: The cyclonic storm is currently 370KM away from Digha and 280KM away from Paradwip. The speed of the cyclone has increased by 17KM/hr.

13:16 IST

Cyclone Yaas: It is very likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Island close to north of Dhamra and south of Balasore, during noon of Wednesday, the 26th May as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm.

13:07 IST

Cyclone Yaas: It is very likely to move north-northwestwards, intensify further into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 12 hours. It would continue to move north-northwestwards, intensify further and reach Northwest Bay of Bengal near north Odisha and West Bengal coasts very close to Chandbali-Dhamra port by the early morning of Wednesday, the 26th May.

12:49 IST

Cyclone Yaas: The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Yaas’ (pronounced as ‘Yass’) over Eastcentral & adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal moved northwestwards with a speed of about 17 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of today (May 25).

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10:01 IST

Cyclone Yaas: Balasore district admin along with Marine Police Force are evacuating people to cyclone shelters in Chandipur. Will shift people at shelters by today afternoon. Arrangements of sanitization & face masks are being done: Narendra Khamari, BDO Balasore.

10:00 IST

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08:55 IST

Cyclone Yaas: People were evacuated by NDRF in East Medinipur district, Digha yesterday, ahead of Cyclone Yaas.

08:55 IST

Cyclone Yaas: Cyclonic storm Yaas is very likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Island around Balasore, during noon of 26th May as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm: India Meteorological Department (IMD).

08:51 IST

Cyclone Yaas: 8 people missing after a boat capsizes in Sileru river in Chitrakonda Police station limits in Odisha, near Odisha- Andhra Pradesh border; search and rescue operation underway: Visakhapatnam SP BV Krishna Rao.

08:27 IST

Rain lashes Odisha's Chandipur as cyclone Yaas is expected to make landfall at Balasore coast on May 26.