Cyclone <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/cyclone-yaas-vessels-moved-oil-and-gas-installations-in-survival-mode-23175043" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yaas</a> intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm on Tuesday evening, India Meteorological Department Director General M Mohapatra said.
The IMD has also issued a red-coded warning alert to the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/cyclone-yaas-paradip-port-suspends-operation-from-2-pm-on-tuesday-23175009" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Odisha</a> and West Bengal coasts.
"The severe cyclonic storm Yaas over northwest and Bay of Bengal intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm," Mohapatra said.
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It is very likely to move north-northwestwards, intensify further and reach near north Odisha coast close to Dhamra port by the early morning of Wednesday.
"It is very likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Islands close to north of Dhamra and south of Balasore, during noon of Wednesday, the 26th May as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm," the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said.
The cyclone is being tracked by Doppler Weather Radar at Paradip, it added.
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The IMD has also issued a red-coded warning   to the Odisha and West Bengal coasts.

Cyclone Yaas intensifies into very severe cyclonic storm: IMD

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