Cyclone Amphan LIVE update: Stay tuned with Business Standard on cyclone amphan landfall, cyclone alert, weather update and more
Cyclone Amphan LIVE updates: West Bengal and Odisha are bracing for Amphan, now upgraded to only the second super cyclone to form in the Bay of Bengal in two decades, which is expected to make landfall along Digha in West Bengal by Wednesday evening. As many as 53 teams were on the job to save lives and property, NDRF Chief S N Pradhan said. Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review preparations, including the NDRF’s evacuation plan.
According to the latest IMD update, cyclone Amphan was moving at a speed of 22-230 km/hr and West Bengal’s East and West Medinipur, South and North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, Kolkata would be affected severely. Tidal waves as high as 4 to 6 metres, as tall as a two-storeyed building are expected. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in the coastal Odisha districts of Jagatsinghpur, Balasore, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj today.
Amphan Cyclone is very likely to move north-northeastwards across northwest Bay of Bengal today: IMD
Amphan Cyclone is very likely to move north-northeastwards across northwest Bay of Bengal and cross West Bengal–Bangladesh coasts between Dig & Hatiya Islands (Bangladesh) close to Sundarbans during afternoon/evening today as an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm: IMD
Cyclone Amphan: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directs officials to prepare evacuation plan
In Odisha, Special Relief Commissioner P K Jena said the district collectors of Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Cuttack, Khurda and Nayagarh have been asked to prepare for evacuation if necessary. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed officials to prepare a plan.
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