New Delhi: A new storm has formed in the southeastern Bay of Bengal. Named Asani, the storm is expected to bring heavy rains with strong winds in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.
The Indian Meteorological Department said in a statement yesterday that the deep depression in the southeastern Bay of Bengal has turned into a storm. The typhoon was reported 380 km from Port Blair, the capital of the Andamans. 970 km from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. It is located 1,030 km from Puri in Odisha. The distance is level. At 16 km. Is moving in a northwesterly direction at speed.
The storm is expected to approach the eastern central Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours. Then it will intensify into a severe storm. From there it will move in a north-westerly direction till May 10, approaching the western central and northwestern Bay of Bengal adjoining northern Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. From there you can bend back and reach the northwestern Bay of Bengal along the Odisha sea border.
Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh are likely to receive light to moderate rains on May 10 due to Hurricane Asani. Strong winds may blow. On May 11, heavy rains with strong winds lashed Odisha, northern Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. On May 12, Odisha, West Bengal will receive light to moderate rains, according to the Meteorological Department.
7.5 lakh people evacuated
Hurricane Asani is unlikely to cross the border in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. But the meteorological center predicts that the sea will cover those states. The storm is likely to cause severe damage in Odisha and southwestern Bengal, with winds of up to 125 kmph. The Met Office has warned of heavy rains.
With this in mind, the state government is making arrangements to evacuate 7.5 lakh people living in coastal areas of Odisha and relocate them to safer places.
Precautionary measures are being taken in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh as well. State and National Disaster Rescue Forces are on standby. According to the Met Office, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and Sikkim are likely to receive heavy rainfall over the state.
Sri Lanka named after Asani
Each storm is named according to the World Meteorological Organization. India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Thailand, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen are among the countries that have been named for storms in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
In that line, the new storm that has formed in the southeastern Bay of Bengal has been named Asani on behalf of Sri Lanka. It is a Sinhala word. Asani means anger or rage.
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