Odisha gears up to face cyclone Yaas
The Hindu
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Odisha is gearing up to deploy 66 units of the State Disaster Rapid Action Force, 22 units of National Disaster Response Force and 177 fire service teams as cyclone Yaas is likely to hit the coast on May 26. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD)bulletin, a low pressure area has formed over east-central Bay of Bengal on Saturday. “It is very likely to concentrate into a depression over east-central Bay of Bengal by Sunday morning. The system may intensify into a cyclonic storm by May 24 (Monday) and further into a very severe cyclonic storm during the subsequent 24 hours,” says the bulletin. As per the prediction, it would continue to move north-northwestwards, intensify further and reach north Bay of Bengal near West Bengal and adjoining north Odisha and Bangladesh coasts around May 26 morning.
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