New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department said on Sunday that the deep pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclone ‘Asani’ and it will intensify further in the next 24 hours. Meteorologists say that this cyclone will show its effect by Sunday evening. It is very likely to move northwestwards and turn into a severe cyclonic storm in east-central within 24 hours. IMD senior scientist Umashankar Das said that the cyclone ‘Asani’ is moving in the northwest direction at a speed of 16 kmph. It is at a distance of 970 km from Visakhapatnam in the South-East direction and 1020 km in the South-East direction from Puri.
He said, it will move in a northwest direction by the evening of May 10 and will move parallel to the Odisha coast. Umashankar Das said that this cyclonic storm can reach the coasts of northern Andhra Pradesh and Odisha by May 10. Rain will start in these states in the evening of the same day. A yellow alert has been issued for rain in three districts of Odisha, Gajapati, Ganjam, and Puri. On the other hand, there is a possibility of heavy rain in five districts of Odisha on May 11. The Indian Meteorological Department has issued an alert to the fishermen not to venture into the sea for the next few days. The sea condition along the Odisha coast will remain rough on May 9 and May 10.
On the other hand, the heatwave is forecast to continue in the states of North and Central India. According to the Meteorological Department, there will be heatwave conditions in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra between May 8 and 12. Similarly, heatwave conditions will prevail over West Rajasthan from 8 to 12, South Haryana and East Rajasthan from 9 to 12, West Madhya Pradesh from 8 to 9, and South Punjab and Jammu Division from 10 to 12 May. There is no hope of relief from the heat in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi also for the next few days. However, due to Cyclone Asani, there may be rain in some parts of Bihar.
