IMD said that the cyclone Yaas is expected to cross West Bengal & north Odisha coasts by 26 May with the wind speed ranging 155-165 kmph and gusting to 185 kmph.
The ministry also asked states prepare an evacuation plan for community & health facilities in the path of the cyclone and warned that health challenges might be compounded amid Covid.
Cyclone Tauktae battered ONGC’s major production installations & drilling rigs off Mumbai High on 17 May. At least 49 workers are dead. Several are missing.
The landfall process will continue for the next two hours. Apart from 6 deaths in Maharashtra in separate incidents related to the cyclone, 3 sailors have also gone missing.
The IMD has said that the depression in the Arabian Sea is likely to intensify into a 'very severe cyclonic storm' on 17 May and cross the Gujarat coast a day later.
There were no reports of loss of life due to the cyclone, which is expected to further weaken, although rainfall and strong winds are likely to continue.
The deep depression over southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards and intensified into a cyclonic storm and lay about 410 km off Puducherry and 450 km from Chennai.
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