India Met Department has declared that the deep depression over
East-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclone 'Kyant.'
Kyant lay centred this morning about 620 km north-northwest of Port
Blair (Andman and Nicobar Islands), 710 km south-southeast of Gopalpur
(Odisha), and 850 km east of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
The system will move initially west-northwestwards and then west to
west-southwestwards towards West-central Bay of Bengal during the next
three days.
This indicates trajectory spanning the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts.
Earlier this morning, the IMD had said that the system is likely to be
declared a cyclone during the course of the day.
India Met Department (IMD) has extended squally wind warning to Andhra
Pradesh coast also in view of the approach of cyclone Kyant.
An IMD weather outlook for Thursday said that squally winds speeding up
to 45- to 55 km/hr and gusting to 65 km/hr would lash the Odisha and
Coastal Andhra Pradesh coasts.
Fishermen have been advised not to venture out into the sea along and off Odisha and Coastal Andhra Pradesh coasts.
On Friday, heavy rain has been forecast at isolated places of Coastal
Andhra Pradesh even as the squally wind alert and warning for fishermen
would stay along the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts.
A similar forecast would valid for Saturday as well, when cyclone Kyant is expected to be closing in on for a landfall.
The IMD assesses that Kyant would be buffeted by winds speeding up to
80- to 90 km/hr and gusting to 100 km/hr and located close to
Visakhapatnam.
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