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.
West Bengal: The development comes as people gear up to celebrate Kali Puja and Diwali in a big way after two years, amid easing Covid cases and curbs.
Cyclone Sitrang news: The IMD has advised fishermen not to venture into the deep sea area of central Bay of Bengal from Saturday, and along and off Odisha and Bengal coasts between October 23 and 26. Both Bengal and Odisha are likely to experience fairly widespread rainfall due to the weather system
A low-pressure area has been formed in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday and it is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm over the next four days, the IMD said.
A low-pressure area is likely to form over the southeast and adjoining the eastcentral Bay of Bengal over the next 48 hours, the weather office has said.
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.
The Odisha government said disaster response and fire services teams were kept on standby following the forecast. The region witnessed cyclones in the last three summers -- Yaas in 2021, Amphan in 2020 and Fani in 2019.
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.
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.
Significant rainfall and thundershowers were received at a few places over Andaman and Nicobar Islands as the low pressure area continued to persist near it even as the system moved northwards and was set to form Cyclone Asani on March 21.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands MP Kuldeep Rai urged Lieutenant Governor Admiral (Retd.) D K Joshi to declare a holiday on March 19 and 21 in all schools and colleges.
A cyclone circulation is lying over Southeast Bay of Bengal and South Andaman Sea, the India Meteorological Department in Bhopal has predicted.
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.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that low pressure region in the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into Cyclone Jawad and is expected to reach coast of North Andhra Pradesh – Odisha around morning of Saturday 4th December 2021, with the wind speed ranging upto 100 kmph.
IMD said that the low-pressure area in the south Andaman Sea will intensify into a depression and move towards the coast as a cyclonic storm on December 4.
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.
The cyclone quickly lost strength and forecasters downgraded it to a tropical storm. It left flooding and other damage, forcing some to evacuate their homes.
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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