In an interview to CNBC-TV18 GP Sharma Vice President, Meteorology Skymet Weather Services spoke about the cyclonic storm Hudhud and how severe its impact could be. Hudhud is likely to hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on October 12. The MET department expects Hudhud to get severe in next 12 hours. However, its impact is unlikely to be as severe as that of Phailin.
Below is the edited transcript of GP Sharma's interview with CNBC-TV18's Latha Venkatesh
Latha: Mr Sharma what are you estimating can be the impact of Hudhud at this point? Can it be very severe in the eastern coast?
A: Yes, we see the first cyclonic storm of the post monsoon little early in the season almost on similar line like last year. We still have about almost about 48 hours to go before it strikes the eastern coast and most likely it is going to go for northern parts of Andhra Pradesh coast closer to Visakhapatnam also.
Latha: Is it showing any signs of receding in its strength at all?
A: No. not at all, not at this stage. Actually it is intensifying and though it is a severe cyclonic storm at this moment but it is on the peripherals of even intensifying further to a very severe cyclonic storm shortly.
Latha: So an evacuation would be in order?
A: It is advisable that evacuation should be there as we expect the wind speed to probably exceed even about 150 km/hr which could be devastating particularly the coastal areas at that point of time that the storm is crossing along with the torrential rains and the strong winds it could be devastating. It is highly advisable to evacuate people from the coastal areas specially.
Latha: Is it anything, can the followed be anything bad as phailin was? As well is it a largely cropped area?
A: The storm is not as strong as Phailin which we had last year. However at the same time it does not amount to lowering our guards in any of these respects as the winds to the tune of about even about 150 knm/hr there are good enough to cause large amount of damage to both infrastructure and property as such. So we will advise all those measure which were taken during phailin it should be even followed now also.
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