A strong storm in Asani hit the east coast, bringing a strong wind at 105 km / h, amid signs of a slow decline on Tuesday, the Indian Meteorological Office (IMD) said.

The storm, which was moving at 25 km / h on Monday, slowed to 5 km / h because it was about 300 km southeast of Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh and 510 km southwest of Gopalpur in Orissa.

The system is expected to repeat on Tuesday night and will also operate off the coast in a north-easterly direction.

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"The severe cyclonic storm has already started losing steam and it will further weaken into a cyclonic storm during the next 24 hours as it nears the coast and makes the recurve," Bhubaneswar Regional Meteorological Centre Director H R Biswas said.

He said the speed of the strong wind dropped to 80-90 km / h on Tuesday night and to 60-70 km / h on Wednesday night.

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The MeT department warned fishermen to enter the deep sea until Thursday, as Orissa is preparing for heavy rains in coastal areas. Rain was recorded in Ganjam, Puri and Khurda on Tuesday morning.

Conditions at sea are expected to remain very high on Tuesday, worsen on 12 May and then improve.

Due to the storm, it rained heavily to moderately in Orissa and West Bengal on Monday.

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