Kolkata gets rainfall under the influence of Cyclone Jawad on Sunday. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)Cyclone Jawad Live News:Heavy rain pounded the southern part of West Bengal and coastal region of Odisha on Sunday affecting normal life, as cyclone Jawad weakened into a depression, the Met department said. The cyclonic storm is likely to further weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next 12 hours, as a result of which several districts of south Bengal may receive heavy rain till Tuesday morning.
“The Depression (remnant of cyclonic storm Jawad) over northwest Bay of Bengal near Odisha coast moved northeastwards with a speed of 25 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centred at 5.30 pm over northwest Bay of Bengal close to Odisha coast about 30 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 120 km east-northeast of Puri (Odisha) and 210 south-southwest of Sagar Island (West Bengal),” the IMD said in its bulletin at 8 pm.
The coastal districts of Odisha were soaked as the remnants of cyclone Jawad reached Puri coast in the afternoon before taking a re-curve in north-northeast direction and reaching Paradip. Later the system further progressed towards West Bengal coast. As the system reached near Puri, devotees and several organisations in the town started prayer seeking blessings of Lord Jagannath to save the state.
South Bengal districts such as North and South 24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Kolkata, Hooghly, Birbhum, Bankura and Nadia received heavy rain of varied intensity on Sunday.
In Andhra Pradesh, over 54,008 people from the districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam have been evacuated. The West Bengal government has stopped ferry services on the Hooghly river, evacuated people from coastal areas and urged tourists not to visit seaside resorts.
Heavy rain pounded the southern part of West Bengal and coastal region of Odisha on Sunday affecting normal life, as cyclone Jawad weakened into a depression, the Met department said. The cyclonic storm is likely to further weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next 12 hours, as a result of which several districts of south Bengal may receive heavy rain till Tuesday morning.
“The Depression (remnant of cyclonic storm Jawad) over northwest Bay of Bengal near Odisha coast moved northeastwards with a speed of 25 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centred at 5.30 pm over northwest Bay of Bengal close to Odisha coast about 30 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 120 km east-northeast of Puri (Odisha) and 210 south-southwest of Sagar Island (West Bengal),” the IMD said in its bulletin at 8 pm. (PTI)
Depression near Odisha coast moved northeastwards with a speed of 25 kmph during past 6 hours, and lay centered at 5.30 pm today, over northwest Bay of Bengal, close to Odisha coast about 30 km southeast of Paradip.
The depression (remnants of cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’), which lay over northwest Bay of Bengal, is likely to continue to move north-northeastwards, along Odisha coast towards West Bengal coast and weaken into a well marked low pressure area during next 12 hours: India Meteorological Department
Deep depression (remnant of cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’) weakened into a depression over northwest Bay of Bengal, close to southeast of Puri at 2.30 pm today. It is likely to move north northeastwards and weaken further by today midnight.
Rainfall/snowfall likely in Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand today: IMD
The India Meteorological Department has forecast thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rainfall over and adjoining areas of Punjab and Haryana during next 2 hours.
It also said that light to moderate widespread rainfall/snowfall is likely over Jammu- Kashmir- Ladakh- Gilgit- Baltistan- Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand today.
Sea Conditions likely to be 'Rough to Very Rough' over northwest and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal and along & off north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha-Gangetic West Bengal coast.
Fishermen are advised not to venture into these areas.
Heavy rainfall and snowfall is very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places over Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal and heavy rainfall at isolated places over south Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, interior Tamilnadu and Kerala and Mahe.
In the next 2 hours, the Deep Depression remnant of cyclonic storm Jawad is likely to move north-northeast wards and weaken further into a Depression and reach Odisha coast near Puri.
The Deep Depression remnant of cyclonic storm Jawad at 8:30 am on Sunday laid over northwest Bay Of Bengal, about 90km south-southeast of Gopalpur and 120 km south-southwest of Puri.
The Deep Depression remnant of cyclonic storm Jawad lays about 230 km east-northeast of Vizag, 130 km south-southwest of Gopalpur, 180 km south-southwest of Puri and 270 km south-southwest of Paradip.
The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal and north Odisha on Sunday, due to the influence of Cyclonic storm ‘Jawad.’
With cyclone Jawad likely to weaken into a deep depression, coastal districts in West Bengal heaved a sigh of relief on Saturday even as the government agencies continued with their rescue and relief operations.
The Indian Meteorological Department said Jawad, which initially moved over west-central Bay of Bengal, changed its course and started rolling north-westwards at a speed of 9 kmph in the past six hours. The storm weakened into a deep depression and lay centered over west-central Bay of Bengal, about 330 km south-southwest of Puri (Odisha) and 420 km south-southwest of Paradip (Odisha) at 5.30 pm.
With the Cyclone Jawad weakening into a deep depression, Odisha government Saturday scaled down evacuation and shifted only 1,500 people, including 300 pregnant women to safe places, a senior official said.
The IMD in its latest bulletin said that the cyclonic storm 'Jawad', which initially moved over westcentral Bay of Bengal, changed its course and started rolling in northwestwards at a speed of 9 kmph during the past six hours. (PTI)
The India Meteorological department has said that cyclonic storm Jawad, which weakened into a deep deperssion todayevening, is likely to weaken further into a depression by Sunday morning and might reach near Puri around noon. Subsequently, it is likely to continue to move north-NE wards along Odisha coast towards West Bengal coast and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area in 24 hours.
Cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’ has weakened into a deep depression at 5.30 pm on Saturday and is about 180 km east-southeast of Vishakhapatnam, 260 km south of Gopalpur, 330 km south-southwest of Puri and 420 km south-southwest of Paradip, the India Meteorological Department has said.
Union minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday reviewed the arrangements and preparations made by state governments of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal to deal with cyclone Jawad. Industry associations like CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM and PHD Chambers were also represented at the conference.
The minister underscored the need for drawing of a comprehensive action plan towards managing this natural disaster in the most effective way by incorporating the inputs and suggestions of all stakeholders. Goyal added that public private partnership is necessary for disaster management and mitigation and for protecting the lives and livelihoods of those affected.
"We must constantly upgrade our learnings and keep upgrading our capabilities. He also called for preparedness in the banking and insurance sectors to tackle the effects of the cyclone," an official statement said.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the low-pressure region in the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into cyclone Jawad. (PTI)
The cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’ over westcentral Bay of Bengal resulted in rainfall in few parts of West Bengal | Express photo Partha by Paul
The West Bengal government on Saturday evacuated thousands of people in South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur districts and urged tourists in popular sea resorts to stay away from beaches, as cyclone ‘Jawad' loomed large over the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast.
Several places in the metropolis, North and South 24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Howrah and Hooghly districts received light rainfall since morning, the weather office said.
The administration in South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur districts evacuated around 11,000 people from the coastal areas to safer locations, while boats with fishermen returned in Kakdwip, Digha, Shankarpur and other coastal belts, an official said.
The met office has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places in Kolkata, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, North and South 24 Parganas, Jhargram, Hooghly and Howrah districts. Heavy rain is also likely to occur on Monday in the districts of North and South 24 Parganas, Nadia and Murshidabad, it said. (PTI)