The National Crisis Management Committee under Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha met all stakeholders for the second time and reviewed the preparedness to deal with the situation arising out of the weather phenomenon.
With the Met department alerting that cyclone Fani will intensify into an extremely severe storm in next 24 hours, the Centre on Tuesday released Rs 1,086 crore to Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal for preventive and relief measures.
The National Crisis Management Committee under Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha met all stakeholders for the second time and reviewed the preparedness to deal with the situation arising out of the weather phenomenon.
According to the Indian Meteorological Department, Fani will intensify into an "extremely severe cyclonic storm" and move northwestwards till Wednesday evening. Thereafter, it may recurve north-northeastwards and reach Odisha by Friday afternoon.
Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Puri and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha, East and West Medinipur, South and North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hoogly and Kolkata districts of West Bengal, and Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh are likely to be affected, said the IMD.
Indian Coast Guard and the Navy have deployed ships and helicopters for relief and rescue operations. Army and Air Force units in the three states have also been put on standby.
The National Disaster Response Force has been asked to deploy a total 41 teams in areas that will likely be hit by Fani. In addition, NDRF is keeping on standby 13 teams in West Bengal and 10 in Andhra Pradesh.
States have issued advisories and are ensuring that fishermen do not venture into the sea. IMD has been issuing three hourly bulletins with latest forecast to all the states concerned.
Deadly Wind
In case of an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’, the wind speed goes up to 170-180 kmph and could gain the speed of 195-200 kmph. It can also trigger tides rising up to 1.5 metres, flooding coastal areas
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