Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 5: Cyclone Jawad is likely to weaken further from deep depression into depression by Sunday morning, the India Meteorological Department said.
The DD lay centered at 0530hrs IST of 05th Dec, over northwest & adjoining westcentral BoB near Lat18.2°N, Long85.4°E, about 130km SSE of Gopalpur. Likely to move north-northeast wards, weaken further into a Depression and reach Odisha coast near Puri around noon of today. pic.twitter.com/vEqvsiddnW
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) December 5, 2021
National Disaster Response Force (NDFR) Director General Atual Karwal on Saturday also said that the impact of Cyclonic storm is not as strong as it was expected, and it is weakening.
In the NCMC meetings, the IMD had informed that the Cyclone will recurve and move towards the West Bengal coast. “The cyclone would bring with it heavily to very heavy rainfall. Wind speeds ranging up to 90-100 kmph accompanied by tidal waves, are expected,” IMD said on Saturday.
Meanwhile, ahead of the expected landfall of cyclonic storm Jawad at the Odisha coast near Puri around noon on Sunday, 18 NDFR teams have been deployed in West Bengal as the sea at Digha has turned rough due to cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal.
According to the Asst Commandant of NDFR in Digha, SD Prasad, “18 NDRF teams are deployed in West Bengal. We carried out awareness programmes and are ready for evacuations if needed. It is a matter of relief that ‘Jawad’ will weaken into a dep depression when it reaches Puri beach today.
