{"id":108468,"date":"2021-05-28T18:27:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T12:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=108468"},"modified":"2021-05-29T11:17:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T05:47:54","slug":"very-severe-cyclone-yaas-hits-the-coastal-areas-of-odisha-and-west-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/very-severe-cyclone-yaas-hits-the-coastal-areas-of-odisha-and-west-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Very Severe &#8220;Cyclone Yaas&#8221; hits the coastal areas of Odisha and West Bengal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Cyclone Yaas hit the coastal areas of Odisha and West Bengal. Upon landfall, the cyclone weakened.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About Cyclone Yaas:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cyclone Yaas<\/strong> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-tropical-cyclones-are-formed\/\">Tropical Cyclone. <\/a>It has been named by Oman. Yaas means a tree bearing fragrant flowers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cyclone Yaas<\/strong> is the first cyclonic storm to develop over the Bay of Bengal in 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Cyclone Yaas crossed the northern Odisha coast around 20 km south of Balasore at its peak intensity as a very severe cyclonic storm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cyclone-tauktae-expected-to-hit-gujarat\/\"><strong>Click Here to Read how Cyclones are Named<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-109351\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cyclone-names.jpg?resize=536%2C393&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"upcoming Cyclone names\" width=\"536\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cyclone-names.jpg?w=536&amp;ssl=1 536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cyclone-names.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Classification of Cyclones: <\/strong>The Indian Meteorological Department(IMD)&#8217;s criterion to classify the cyclones is based upon the method adopted by the World Meteorological Organisation(WMO). The classification is:<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Type of Disturbances (and Associated Wind Speed in the Circulation):<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Firstly, Low-pressure Area:<\/strong>\u00a0Wind Speed less than 17 knots (&lt;31 kmph)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secondly, Depression<\/strong>: 17 to 27 knots (31 to 49 kmph)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thirdly, Deep Depression: <\/strong>28 to 33 knots (50 to 61 kmph)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourthly, Cyclonic storm:<\/strong> 34 to 47 knots (62 to 88 kmph)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fifthly, Severe Cyclonic Storm:<\/strong> 48 to 63 knots (89 to 118 kmph)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sixthly, Very Severe Cyclonic Storm:<\/strong> 64 to 119 knots (119 to 221 kmph)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seventhly, Super Cyclonic Storm: <\/strong>119 knots and above (221 kmph and above).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/MShareArticle?OrgId=G2J8JTPU4.1&amp;imageview=0\"><strong>The Hindu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? Cyclone Yaas hit the coastal areas of Odisha and West Bengal. Upon landfall, the cyclone weakened. About Cyclone Yaas: Cyclone Yaas is a Tropical Cyclone. It has been named by Oman. Yaas means a tree bearing fragrant flowers. Cyclone Yaas is the first cyclonic storm to develop over the Bay of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/very-severe-cyclone-yaas-hits-the-coastal-areas-of-odisha-and-west-bengal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Very Severe &#8220;Cyclone Yaas&#8221; hits the coastal areas of Odisha and West Bengal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1351,1310,7965,9],"tags":[1336],"class_list":["post-108468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-disas_1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}