Bhubaneswar, May 18 -- With the Arabian Sea having given birth to extremely severe cyclone Tauktae, hotter Bay of Bengal is poised to give birth to a cyclonic system by the end of May.

Whenever the Bay brews up a cyclone, a chill runs down the spine of Odisha. It's so because, the Bay had given birth to 26 of world's 30 ferocious cyclonic systems.

The worry for Odisha is, the State had borne the brunt of nearly 400 cyclones during the periodof 1891 -2020,which is nearly 35 per cent of the total cyclones the Bay had seeded during the above-mentioned period.

The double anxiety for the State over the impending cyclone threat this time is, it has been waging a war with the ferocious Covid-19 second wave.

As per three reputed weather model...