Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 6: Cyclone Jawad, which had hit Odisha, West Bengal and other parts of the eastern coast, will weaken further into a low-pressure area on Monday.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General Atul Karwal on Saturday also said that the impact of Cyclonic storm is not as strong as it was expected, and it is weakening.
Tracking its movement, the India Meteorological Department tweeted on Monday morning, Depression (remnant of CS JAWAD) lay centered at 2330 hrs IST of 05122021, over northwest Bay of Bengal close to north Odisha coast about 70 km east-northeast of Paradip (Odisha), 65 km east-southeast of Chandbali. To weaken into a well marked low pressure area during next 06 hrs.
The Depression (remnant of Cyclonic Storm JAWAD) over northwest BOB near north Odisha coast moved northeastwards and weakened into WML over northwest BOB and adjoining West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts at 0530 hrs IST of 06122021. To weaken further into LPA during next 06 hours pic.twitter.com/i6ddkxDqwv
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) December 6, 2021
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain in some isolated parts of south Bengal, including coastal areas of South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur districts, and parts of Purba Bardhaman. The department has also issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places over coastal and northern districts of Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts for today.
