Cyclone Yaas is likely to intensify into a “very severe cyclonic storm” and cross the Odisha and the West Bengal coasts on Wednesday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, a low pressure area has formed over the east-central Bay of Bengal and the adjoining north Andaman Sea yesterday.
It is likely to cross West Bengal and adjoining north Odisha and Bangladesh coasts around the evening of May 26, the IMD added.