Cyclone Asani: Depression Over BoB Likely To Intensify Into Cyclonic Storm In Next Few Hours!
Bhubaneswar, Mar 21: The depression over Bay of Bengal will intensify into a cyclone Asani in the next few hours. The India Meteorological Department (IMD)informed in a late-night tweet, that the depression is predicted to move “northwards along and off Andaman and Nicobar Islands”.
“The Depression over southeast BoB near latitude 10.9°N & longitude 93.2°E, about 200 km north-northeast of Car Nicobar(Nicobar Islands), 100 km south-southeast of Port Blair(Andaman Islands). To intensify into a deep depression in next 12 hrs and into a cyclonic storm in next 12 hrs,” the tweet read.
Depression over southeast BoB near latitude 10.9°N & longitude 93.2°E, about 200 km north-northeast of Car Nicobar(Nicobar Islands), 100 km south-southeast of Port Blair(Andaman Islands) .To intensify into a deep depression in next 12 hrs and into a cyclonic storm in next 12 hrs. pic.twitter.com/BSv9u9Dg3i
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) March 20, 2022
IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra informed that the cyclone will not make landfall in the Andaman Islands. “The weather system would move nearly northward along and off the Andaman Islands towards Myanmar and adjoining south Bangladesh coast,” he said.
According to IMD predictions, light to moderate rainfall/thundershower at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and isolated extremely heavy rainfall are very likely over the Andaman Islands.
Around 150 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel have reportedly been deployed and are ready at different locations.
The weather department had advised fishermen not to venture into the southeast Bay of Bengal as well as into the Andaman Sea and along and off Andaman and Nicobar between March 19 and 21. The fishermen have also been advised to stay off East Central Bay of Bengal between March 21 and 22 and into North East Bay of Bengal on March 22.
Notably on March 16, IMD DG had informed that Odisha is unlikely to witness rainfall or heavy winds as there is no impact of the cyclone Asani on the State.
