Fishermen unload their catche and tie their boats to anchors as they brace for heavy rain courtesy Cyclone Asani. (Photo: PTI)Cyclone Asani News Highlights: Cyclone Asani, which developed over southeast regions of Bay of Bengal, intensified into a ‘severe cyclone’ on Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. However, during the next 24 hours, as it moves closer to the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast, the cyclonic storm is expected to weaken. It is unlikely to make landfall and it could skirt the coastal districts of these states in the next two days.
According to the IMD, heavy rainfall is likely over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Tuesday and Wednesday. Under the influence of the system in the Bay of Bengal, thunderstorms, lightning and light rain are forecast over Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Sikkim till May 12.
In West Bengal, disaster management teams, police and KMC employees have been asked to stay prepared. Boats have been deployed at strategic locations. SDRF and NDRF, Coast Guard and Navy have also been alerted.
9th May: Light to moderate rainfall at a few places with heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely over coastal Andhra Pradesh.
10th May: Light to moderate rainfall at a few places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over coastal Andhra Pradesh and heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over coastal Odisha from 10th evening.
11th May: Light to moderate rainfall at a few places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over coastal Odisha & adjoining coastal West Bengal.
12th May: Light to moderate rainfall likely at a few places with heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over coastal areas of Odisha and West Bengal.
According to the latest update by the IMD, during the next 24 hours, as Cyclone Asani moves closer to the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast, the cyclonic storm is expected to weaken.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert, warning of a fresh heatwave spell in Delhi which may see temperatures soaring to 44 degrees Celsius by Wednesday.
The heatwave spell may continue till May 15 as a mitigating weather system is unlikely to affect northwest India over the next one week, weather experts said. Though there won't be a steep rise in temperatures in most parts of Delhi as easterly winds are prevailing in the region under the impact of Cyclone Asani over the Bay of Bengal, the increase in humidity levels can cause discomfort, said Mahesh Palawat, Vice President (Meteorology and Climate Change), Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency. (PTI)
Severe cyclonic storm Asani packing gale-force winds up to 120 kmph which is moving towards the east coast bringing along heavy rain, is likely to recurve in a north-northeastward direction on reaching near the shore and weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm, the Met office said on Monday.
Coming close to North Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coasts, it is likely to turn into a cyclonic storm by Tuesday night.
The cyclone will not make landfall either in Odisha or Andhra Pradesh but will move parallel to the east coast and cause rainfall, IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra had said in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. (PTI)
The severe cyclonic storm Asani lay 550 km southeast of Visakhapatnam and 680 km south-southeast of Puri at 5.30 am on Monday (May 9), and was moving towards the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast at about 25 km/h, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Asani is the first cyclone of 2022 formed in the North Indian Ocean region comprising the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. The name Asani, given by Sri Lanka, means wrath in the Sinhala language. Read our Explainer to see how the storm is different from its predecessors.
Whenever a cyclone hits a country, the first thing that strikes the minds of most is what these names mean. With Cyclone Asani — a name given by Sri Lanka that means ‘wrath’ in Sinhalese — formed in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday morning and hurtling towards the east coast, the same question pops up again. Read our Explainer to understand how these cyclones are named.
The severe cyclonic storm Asani, which currently lies over westcentral and adjoining South Bay of Bengal, is likely to weaken in the next 48 hours, a statement by the India Meteorological Department read.
The storm was currently moving west-northwestwards at a speed of 25 km/hr. It is very likely to move northwestwards till May 10 and reach westcentral and adjoining Northwest Bay of Bengal off the North Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts.
Distant warning signal 2 (asking ships not to come near the coast) has been hoisted in all ports in Odisha in view of the approaching severe cyclone. "The system is very likely to move northwestwards till Tuesday and reach westcentral and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh & Odisha coasts," the weather office said.
"Thereafter, it is very likely to recurve north-northeastwards and move towards northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast. It is likely to weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm during the next 48 hours," the bulletin said. The system will not make landfall either in Odisha or Andhra Pradesh, IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohaptra had said on Sunday. (PTI)
According to experts, the storm is likely to move northwestwards till May 10 and reach westcentral and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal, off the North Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts. Thereafter, it will move north-northeastwards and towards Northwest Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast.
The met department has predicted thunderstorms and moderate rainfall over some parts of Howrah, Kolkata, Hooghly and West Midnapur districts of West Bengal in the next 2-3hrs.
Two tourists, including a woman, drowned in the sea at Mandarmani in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district on Sunday, police said. An officer of Mandarmani coastal police station told PTI over phone that bodies of both the tourists, hailing from the Park Circus area of Kolkata, were recovered and sent for post-mortem. “They had apparently strayed beyond the sea beach and waded into the water and were swept into the sea in choppy waters.
“Hearing their screams the disaster management personnel who were present at the place as part of precautionary measures with Cyclone Asani approaching jumped into waters to rescue them. However, both had died when they were brought to the shore,” the officer said. (PTI)
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has put on alert its employees and disaster management teams in view of the formation of cyclonic storm Asani, which is likely to intensify further into a severe cyclone, mayor Firhad Hakim said.
He said the leaves of all employees concerned are being cancelled to deal with any emergency evolving due to the cyclone, which he said is unlikely to hit the city but will bring heavy rains in its wake.
"We are, however, making preparations to deal with any eventuality if the cyclone hits the city so that life is brought back to normal as soon as possible," Hakim told reporters.
He said that taking lessons from the devastating effects of Amphan super cyclone in May 2020, the KMC administration is taking all measures such as keeping cranes, electric saws and earthmovers on standby to clear blockades caused by fallen trees and other debris. (PTI)
Cyclone Asani -- a name given by Sri Lanka that means 'wrath' in Sinhalese -- formed in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday morning and hurtling towards the east coast.
According to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), an agency under the United Nations, there can be more than one cyclone at a time in a particular geographical location or around the globe and the systems can last for a week or more. Therefore, each tropical storm is given a name to avoid confusion, facilitating disaster risk awareness, management and mitigation.
Short and easy-to-pronounce names are helpful in rapidly and effectively disseminating detailed storm information between hundreds of scattered stations, coastal bases and ships at sea. It is less subject to error than the older and more cumbersome latitude-longitude identification methods. Read more
The IMD released a list of places in India where temperature crossed 42 degree celsius today:
In a big relief to the people and administration, the IMD on Saturday announced that the cyclonic storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal will not make landfall in either Odisha or Andhra Pradesh but will move parallel to the coast.
It will recurve north-northeastwards and move towards northwest Bay of Bengal after nearing the North Andhra-Odisha coast, India Meteorological Department (IMD) DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said. "The well-marked low pressure area intensified into a depression and is now moving towards the coast in the northwestwards direction. It will continue to move in that direction till May 10 evening, and thereafter recurve in the sea north-northeastwards and move parallel to the coast," Mohapatra said.
He said that sea conditions near the Odisha coast will become rough on May 9 and rougher on May 10. The wind speed in the sea will increase to 80-90 kmph on May 10, he said.
According to IMD's special bulletin, light to moderate rainfall is very likely to occur at many places in coastal Odisha on May 10 evening. Heavy rainfall (7-11 cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places in Gajapati, Ganjam, and Puri. The following day, heavy rain will lash one or two places in Ganjam, Khurda, Puri, Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack. (PTI)
A depression has formed over southeast Bay of Bengal which will further into a cyclinic storm over eastcentral Bay of Bengal on 8th May. Under its influence:-
The IMD has predicted a rise in the maximum temperatures by 2-4 degree celsius over most parts of Northwest and Centra India during the next three days and no significant change thereafter.
The low pressure system present over southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into a well-marked low pressure Saturday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. In an observed rapidly intensifying nature, the system is set to strengthen into a cyclone by Sunday evening, the weathermen said.
If realised, it will be the year’s first cyclonic storm to develop in the North Indian Ocean regions which includes the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Once intensified into a cyclone, it will bear the name ‘Asani’ given by Sri Lanka.
According to the latest forecast issued by the IMD, the well-marked low pressure system will intensify into a depression (wind speed 31 to 50 kms/hr) by Saturday evening as it continues to move northwestwards towards India’s east coast. The system is most likely to gain the strength of a cyclone (wind speed 68 to 87 kms/hr) by Sunday evening. Read More
Heatwave conditions remain on the forecast for the Safdarjung weather station from May 9 to 13, when the maximum temperature is likely to be around 43 or 44 degrees Celsius. Over the next six days, the minimum temperature is likely to range from 24 to 28 degrees.
For the past four days, the maximum temperature in Delhi remained below the 40-degree mark. On Friday, it stood at 38.4 degrees Celsius, which is around the normal for this time of the year at the Safdarjung weather station. The maximum temperature at all weather observatories in the city remained below 40 degrees on Friday. Parts of the city also recorded rainfall on Friday – the Lodhi Road weather station recorded around 1 mm of rainfall between 11.30 am and 2.30 pm.
After a few days of respite, the maximum temperature in Delhi on Saturday is set to rise to 41 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast which also predicts clear skies for the day.
The India Meteorological Department has warned that after respite over the last few days, heatwave conditions are expected over parts of Maharashtra, Vidarbha, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Delhi over the coming days.
This year's first cyclonic storm, likely to develop in the Bay of Bengal, is expected to reach close to Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast around Tuesday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD said a low pressure developed over the South Andaman Sea and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal on Friday.