Cyclone Jawad, currently centred over west-central Bay of Bengal, is likely to weaken into a deep depression before it reaches the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast around noon on December 5, officials said on Saturday. “It is likely to weaken gradually and move northwards during the next 12 hours and then north-northwards…
The impact of Cyclone Jawad could be felt in Odisha on Saturday morning as rains began to lash parts of the state, including the capital Bhubaneswar. As a result of the cyclone, schools in 19 districts of the state were closed on Saturday. The Indian Meteorological Department said the wind speed will remain 70-80 kmph,…
Cyclone Jawad is likely to make landfall on the Odisha coast near Puri between the evening of December 4 and morning of December, said Odisha special relief commissioner Pradeep Kumar Jena during a press conference on Friday. “We are hopeful this cyclone will be less devastating, based on the wind speed prediction of…
Authorities have sounded alert in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha over Cyclone Jawad. Even as preparations to deal with the cyclone are in full swing, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday that the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm today. The IMD said that…
The low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression and is likely to take the form of a cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours and reach Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast on December 4, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its bulletin on Thursday. According to the IMD bulletin…