Rainfall at many places with heavy falls at isolated places very likely to commence over the Andaman Islands and gale wind speed reaching 70-80kmph gusting to 90kmph is likely to prevail.
The Special Relief Commissioner asked collectors of seven districts including Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Puri, Ganjam and Khurda to stay alert and monitor the situation.
"Heavy rains are predicted in the Andaman Islands from January 5-7. The tropical cyclonic storm 'Pabuk' is currently located above South China sea, almost 1,500 km from Port Blair," said scientist A.K. Sen.
The Odisha government has evacuated more than 11,000 people to safety zones after the announcement about Cyclone Phethai making landfall in Andhra Pradesh coast and the IMD forecasting heavy rainfall in the region.
The South Central Railway has cancelled over 50 trains in coastal Andhra Pradesh in view of severe cyclonic storm Phethai, which is set to hit the coast near Kakinada on Monday afternoon.
Tamil Nadu government has declared that 30,500 rescue personnel are on standby.
The "very severe" cyclonic storm left eight people dead, besides causing widespread damage in north coastal Andhra Pradesh Thursday, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said.
After battering Odisha, cyclone Titli reaches Andhra Pradesh. Districts on high alert
Cyclone Titli hit the Gopalpur coast of Odhisha and it was accompanied by winds blowing at a speed of 130-160 km/hr.
Around 3 lakh people have evacuated to safer places the state, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, who held a meeting with top state officials to discuss preparations made by different agencies to tackle the situation.
Cyclone Titli on Wednesday intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm. the cyclone is expected to make landfall at coast regions of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh at 05:30 am on Thursday.
Fishermen along the Odisha coast, and central and north Bay of Bengal were advised not to venture into sea till Friday.
IMD has also issued a red alert in Odisha for Wednesday and Thursday, forecasting "heavy to very heavy rainfall" at several places and "extremely heavy rainfall" at isolated areas.
Typhoon Jebi made landfall around noon time on Tuesday, slamming into the west of the country packing winds of up to 135 miles per hour.
The Navy evacuated the Indians as part of operation 'NISTAR' carried out off the coast of Socotra early on Sunday and embarked them at Indian Naval ship INS Sunayna to bring them back to India, a Navy spokesperson said.
Cyclone Mekunu caused flash flooding that tore away whole roadways and submerged others in Salalah, Oman’s third-largest city, stranding drivers. Strong winds knocked over street lights and tore away roofing.
In a warning, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services told residents of northern WA that they were "in danger and need to act immediately"
Blizzard warnings and states of emergency were in effect, schools and government offices closed for the day, thousands of flights were canceled and motorists were warned to be careful as conditions worsened.
The cyclone is expected to bring strong gusts of wind, freezing rain and heavy snow. Temperatures are set to drop to freezing levels, which haven't been seen in decades.
The cyclone passed the Mumbai coast and much to the relief of the people in Maharashtra's capital, it just brought rains and there was no loss of life or damage to property.
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