Cyclone Mandous: The NDRF officials said that numerous pieces of equipment like boats, High voltage motors, Sucker machines, Cutter machines etc are kept ready for rescue operations.
Cyclone Sitrang LIVE Updates: The cyclone, which moved towards Bangladesh from north Bay of Bengal at a speed of 56 kmph, caused heavy rains in parts of West Bengal, Odisha and Assam.
Cyclone Sitrang: No tourists and fishermen are being allowed to go into the sea. Special teams of police along with State Disaster Response Force and National Disaster Response Force personnel have been deployed. We are not taking chances," a senior official told PTI.
As Cyclone 'Sitrang' likely to become severe cyclonic storm, local authorities in several cities in West Bengal and Odisha are on high alert to deal with the situation.
As per IMD, the cyclone's recurve is possible after morning, and it will then come towards the Odisha coast, where heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected
According to IMD's special bulletin, light to moderate rainfall is very likely to occur at many places in coastal Odisha on May 10 evening.
Special Relief Commissioner asked district collectors to regularly watch IMD forecasts and warnings and directed the authorities to send a compliance report on the recommended measures.
Cyclone genesis depends on a lot of factors such as wind pattern in the atmosphere, the sea conditions, and even wind shear, or the difference of winds in the lower layer and upper layer.
The weather system had intensified from a depression to a deep depression over the north Andaman Sea on Monday and was moving northwards at a speed of 13 kmph.
The depression in Bay of Bengal and South Andaman sea is also predicted to cause rain, accompanied with thunder and lightning.
Indian Coast Guard ships have been shepherding the fishermen out at sea and issuing weather warnings on Sunday afternoon ahead of the upcoming Cyclone Asani.
Around 100 personnel of NDRF have been deployed and six relief camps opened in various parts of the islands as a precautionary measure, the officials said.
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NDRF DG Atul Karwal on Saturday said that the impact of Cyclonic storm 'Jawad' is not as strong as it was expected, and it is weakening.
Further, 38 trains scheduled to depart on Dec 5 and one on Dec 6 have also been cancelled as a precautionary measure.
As depression over southeast Bay of Bengal likely to intensify as Cyclonic Storm, 'Jawad' and moving North Westerly direction and is likely to cross the coasts of north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha today.
On Saturday, heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is forecast at isolated places in north coastal Andhra, according to a Met bulletin.
Cyclone Jawad in the Bay of Bengal region is likely to affect Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.
The IMD said that the low-pressure area brewing over the south Andaman Sea and the adjoining area will intensify into a depression and take the shape of a cyclonic storm around December 3.
It is a rare instance that one cyclone that formed over the Bay of Bengal has traversed the breadth of the country to reach the west coast and again intensify into a cyclone.
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