West Bengal, Odisha face wrath of cyclone Amphan
News | May 20, 2020 19:24 ISTSuper cyclone Amphan is crossing West Bengal coast between Digha and Hatiya close to Sundarban.
Super cyclone Amphan is crossing West Bengal coast between Digha and Hatiya close to Sundarban.
The Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra Odisha on cyclone Apmphan said that Odisha will not have damaging impact for more than 2-3 hours.
The forward sector of wall clouds has entered into the land. Landfall process will continue and take 2-3 hours to complete
Briefing on the cyclone Amphan, Special Relief Commissioner of Odisha, Pradeep Kumar Jena informed that cyclone may make landfall in another 3 hours.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is monitoring situation from Nabanna's emergency operation centre as landfall process of cylone Amphan commenced.
Cyclone Amphan landfall has left at least 14 people dead in India and eight dead in Bangladesh, news agency AP reported. Here's what landfall means:
Amphan Cyclone: Based on experiences during cyclone FANI, all the teams are equipped with tree cutters/pole cutters for post landfall restoration, if need arises, says SN Pradhan, NDRF chief
NDRF personnel clear electricity wires and uprooted trees off the road between Digha in East Midnapore district and Odisha border.
A woman gave birth to a girl inside a fire service vehicle in Odisha's Kendrapara district amidst gusty winds and heavy rainfall during cyclone Amphan on Wednesday, said an official.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel made announcements for people in Digha of East Midnapore district, as a part of their awareness drive, ahead of the landfall of Amphan Cyclone.
Indian Coast Guard, through Remote Operating Station in Paradeep, is issuing alerts over broadcast for merchant vessels, international vessels and fishing boats, asking them to stay away from sea.
Telecom Department Secretary Anshu Prakash on Amphan Cyclone's effect on telecommunication said that SMS alerts will be generated to people in affected districts, for evacuation.
IMD Chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Amphan Cyclone said that this is the most intense cyclone which has been formed in Bay of Bengal after 1999.
In view of the impending cyclone Amphan, residents from coastal areas in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur were shifted to shelter homes.
Cyclone Amphan has turned into super-storm which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday evening and may impact two coastal region states including West Bengal and Odisha. The Meteorological (MeT) Department has issued an "orange message" for West Bengal, warned of extensive damage in Kolkata, Hooghly, Howrah, South and North 24 Parganas and East Midnapore districts.
Cyclonic storm Amphan, that has been brewing in the Bay of Bengal has intensified further into an extremely severe cyclonic storm and is likely to become Super Cyclone, India's Met Department (IMD) has warned. The cyclonic storm Amphan is likely to hit the coastal districts of West Bengal, Odisha and many parts of Bangladesh.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a cyclone alert for West Bengal and north Odisha coasts as an extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Amphan' was over the central parts of the South Bay of Bengal and adjoining central Bay of Bengal.
The cyclone 'Amphan' is likely to intensify into very severe cyclonic storm in next 12 hours, according to Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre.
Seventeen teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in Odisha and West Bengal in view of the approaching cyclone 'Amphan', the chief of the force said on Sunday.
Cyclonic storm 'Amphan' brewing over Southeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood is likely to to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm during next 12 hours and into a very severe cyclonic storm.
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