Full moon, lunar eclipse may worsen Cyclone Yaas impact, says IMD
Full moon, lunar eclipse may worsen Cyclone Yaas impact, says IMD
Cyclone Yaas began making landfall on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the IMD warned that the Cyclone Yaas s post-landfall impact might be worsened due to spring tides resulting from the full moon.
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UPDATED: May 26, 2021 14:50 IST
Cyclone Yaas comes on a full moon day that coincides with a lunar eclipse. (Image: PTI)
Cyclone Yaas began making landfall Wednesday morning, crossing the Indian East Coast near Dhamra port in Odisha. This very severe cyclonic storm comes on a full moon day that coincides with a lunar eclipse. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that Cyclone Yaas s post-landfall impact might be worsened due to spring tides resulting from the full moon and lunar eclipse.
An inundated gangway at Diamond Harbour.
KOLKATA: The Cyclone Yaas landfall has begun near Dhamra port in Odisha at 9.15am on Wednesday, even as strong winds and heavy tides saw seawater ingress in many coastal towns and villages in Odisha and West Bengal ahead of the landfall.
The landfall process has begun and will take 3-4 hours to complete the process. The maximum impact will be in Balasore and Bhadrak district, Odishas Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) PK Jena said. He said the location of the landfall is north of Dhamra and south of Bahanaga close to Bahanaga block on the coast.
Cyclone Yaas weakens after pounding Odisha-Bengal coasts
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Last Updated: May 26, 2021, 04:20 PM IST
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Yaas, which was earlier classified as a very severe cyclonic storm, hit the coast north of Dhamra in Odisha s Bhadrak district and 50 km south of Balasore, close to Bahanaga block, around 9 am, they said.
The wind speed during landfall was at 130-140 kmph, gusting to 155 kmph, as per Doppler radar data.
Yaas weakened into a severe cyclonic storm on Wednesday afternoon after pounding the beach towns in north Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal with a wind speed of 130-145 kmph, inundating the low-lying areas amid a storm surge even as the two eastern states battled the COVID crisis, officials said.