Cyclone Jawad: Deep depression over the Bay of Bengal likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm in next 12 hours

The low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into Cyclone Jawad during the next 12 hours, IMD said on Friday morning. This is likely to reach the north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts on Saturday morning.

“Depression intensified into a DD at 0530hrs IST of 3rd Dec2021,over the westcentral & adjoining south BoB near Lat. 13.4°N & Long. 86.4°E. To intensify into a CS during next 12hrs & likely to reach west-central BoB off north Andhra Pradesh–south Odisha coasts by tomorrow morning,” tweeted the weather agency.

Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is expected in many parts of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Gangetic West Bengal, prompting the IMD to issue a warning about the inundation of low-lying areas and possible damage to standing crops, especially paddy.

The Odisha government has issued guidelines to prevent the adverse effects arising from Cyclone Jawad. Pradeep Kumar Jena, Special Relief Commissioner, said that the government plans to deploy 266 teams including National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Fire Services and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) in coastal districts.

“The state government is well prepared to deal the emerging situation 14 coastal districts have been put on alert and asked to take all necessary steps in view of the impending cyclonic storm,” Jena said.