Team News Riveting
Bhubaneswar, December 4
Cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’, currently over west-central Bay of Bengal, is likely to weaken into a deep depression before making landfall near Puri in Odisha on Sunday.
The India Meteorological Department said on Saturday that at 5.30 am on Saturday, the cyclonic storm lay centered over west central Bay of Bengal, about 230 km southeast of Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, and 410 km south-southwest of Puri, Odisha.
“It is likely to weaken gradually and move nearly northwards during the next 12 hours and then north-northeastwards along the coast of Odisha, reaching near Puri around December 5 noon as a deep depression. Subsequently, it is likely to weaken further and continue to move north-northeastwards along the coast of Odisha towards the coast of West Bengal,” the IMD said.
The name of the cyclone – ‘Jawad’ – has been proposed by Saudi Arabia. A low-pressure area had developed over the Andaman Sea on November 30. It intensified into a depression on December 2 and further into a deep depression on Friday morning. It turned into a cyclone on Friday noon, the IMD said.
Very heavy rain is likely to start in north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal Odisha by Friday evening. The intensity of rain is likely to increase on Saturday, the Met office had said on Friday.
A red-colour warning has been issued for Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts for Saturday. The red-colour warning has also been issued for Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha.
The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places over West Bengal on Saturday and Sunday, and heavy rain at isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura on Sunday and Monday.
Sea conditions will remain unsafe for shipping and fishermen in the central and north Bay of Bengal from Friday to Sunday.
In Kendrapara, 73 Pregnant women have been shifted to various CHCs before the ensuing Cyclone Jawad.
