Bhubaneswar: Severe cyclonic storm Asani has weakened into a cyclonic storm, according to the Meteorological Centre here.
At 5.30 am on Wednesday, Cyclone Asani lay centred about 40 km south of Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh. It is likely to move nearly northwards for the next few hours and recurve slowly north northeastwards and move along Machilipatnam, Narsapur, Yanam, Kakinada, Tuni and Visakhapatnam coasts and emerge into westcentral Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh coast by Wednesday night, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
All schools in Malkangiri district of Odisha will remain closed on Wednesday in view of the cylone.
The cyclone is likely to weaken gradually into a depression by May 12 morning.
Rain warning
May 11 (8.30 am) to May 12 (8.30 am)
Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at many places over the districts of coastal Odisha, Malkangiri, Koraput and Rayagada and at a few places over the rest districts of Odisha.
Yellow warning: Heavy rainfall (7-11 cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack.
May 12 (8.30 am) to May 13 (8.30 am)
Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at many places over the districts of coastal Odisha and at a few places over the districts of interior Odisha.
Yellow warning: Heavy rainfall (7-11 cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Kendrapada, Bhadrak and Balasore.
May 13 (8.30 am) to May 14 (8.30 am)
Light to moderate rain or thundershower very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of coastal Odisha, north interior Odisha and at isolated places over south interior districts of Odisha.
Wind warning
Squally wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph is likely to continue along & off Odisha coast on May 11-12.
