Warning issued regarding Cyclone Asani, there will be heavy rain in Odisha

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert regarding 'Asani' cyclonic storm. According to the department, the cyclone is very likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal during the next 24 hours. 

The department had predicted that a cyclone has formed over southeast Bay of Bengal about 170 km west of Nicobar and is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by Sunday.

According to Senior Scientist, Umashankar Das, 'Asani' has now turned into a severe cyclonic storm. It is moving in north-west direction with a speed of 16 kmph. It is at a distance of 970 km from Visakhapatnam in the South-East direction and 1,020 km in the South-East direction from Puri. He said that we expect it to move in the north-west direction by the evening of May 10. However, the scientist has ruled out the possibility of landfall and said that it will again move parallel to the Odisha coast.