Cyclonic storm Asani intensifies severe cyclonic in Bay of Bengal: hits AP on May 10th

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Visakhapatnam: IMD in a bulletin on Sunday said that Cyclonic storm Asani has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over Southeast and adjoining East Central Bay of Bengal. The cyclonic storm over Southeast Bay of Bengal moved nearly Northwestwards, intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and lay centered at 5.30 pm on Sunday over Southeast and adjoining East Central Bay of Bengal.

Light to moderate rainfall at a few places with heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over Coastal Odisha and adjoining areas of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh from May 10th evening. Light to moderate rainfall at a few places with heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over Coastal Odisha and adjoining Coastal areas of North Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. This is likely to continue on May 12th.

Gale wind speed reaching 90-100 km/h gusting to 110 km/ph is likely to prevail over Southeast and adjoining Central Bay of Bengal and it would gradually increase becoming 95-105 km/h, gusting to 115 km/h, over the same region. Squally wind speed reaching 40-50 km/h gusting to 60 km/h is likely along and off North Andhra Pradesh coast on May 10th and 11th.

As the sea condition is very likely to become high to very high, fishermen have been advised not to venture into central parts of Bay of Bengal on May 9th, into West Central Bay of Bengal on May 9th and 10th  and into Northwest Bay of Bengal from May 10th to 12th. Fishermen out at sea have been advised to return.

The cyclonic storm was at about 610 km Northwest of Car Nicobar (Nicobar Islands), 500 km West of Port Blair (Andaman Islands), 810 km Southeast of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)m and 880 km South-Southeast of Puri (Odisha).

It is very likely to move Northwestwards till May 10th night and reach West Central and adjoining Northwest Bay of Bengal off North Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts. Thereafter, it is very likely to re-curve North-Northeast wards and move towards Northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast.

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