Cyclone Amphan: Forest Department rescue pelicans in Paradip
News | May 27, 2020, 08:26 AM ISTThe state Forest Department has rescued several pelicans in Paradip that got injured during Cyclone Amphan.
The state Forest Department has rescued several pelicans in Paradip that got injured during Cyclone Amphan.
Locals blocked a road in Kolkata's Baghajatin area on May 26 to demonstrate a protest against administration's negligence against post cyclone 'Amphan' help in the state.
Odisha Fire Service (ODF) teams left for West Bengal for restoration work post-cyclone Amphan.
In the month of May, the country was busy with elections and at that time we had to combat a cyclone that battered Odisha. Now, after a year, this cyclone has affected our coastal areas. People of West Bengal have been worst affected by it: PM Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 22 left from Delhi for West Bengal to take stock of the situation in the wake of cyclone Amphan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves from Delhi for West Bengal to take stock of the situation in the wake of Cyclone Amphan. He will conduct aerial surveys and take part in review meetings later today. PM Modi will also visit Odisha later today.
Normalcy returned in Odisha's Balasore on May 21 after cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc the area. People came out of their houses to buy daily essentials.
Police are checking the temperature using a thermometer gun, of people who have arrived to make purchases at Okhla vegetable market amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Heavy rain, gusty winds upto 190 kmph battered West Bengal, Odisha after extremely severe cyclone Amphan made landfall on Wednesday uprooting thousands of trees in Kolkata's Salt Lake area, howrah, hoogly, other regions.
Asansol received heavy rain and strong winds due to cyclone 'Amphan'.
Odisha's Paradip faced cyclone Amphan's fury as wind speed touched 102 kmph on May 20 afternoon in Jagatsinghpur.
As cyclone Amphan is expected to hit West Bengal later today, the Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Cyclone Amphan on May 20 said the winds are very strong.
Deputy Director of India Meteorological Department in Kolkata, Sanjib Bandyopadhyay on May 20 said cyclone Amphan, which will hit coastal parts of West Bengal in the evening hours and then venture towards Bangaldesh.
The Director General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), SN Pradhan informed that the total of 41 teams have been deployed in Odisha and West Bengal to combat Cyclone Amphan.
'Amphan' is very likely to move north-northeastwards and cross West Bengal-Bangladesh coast between Digha and Hatiya, close to the Sunderbans during the afternoon to the evening of Wednesday with a wind speed of 155 to 165 kmph.
As many as 19 teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been put on standby in West Bengal as cyclone Amphan is expected to make landfall by today afternoon. Amphan is the second strongest storm in the Bay of Bengal since 1999.
In the wake of super cyclone Amphan, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning to suspend all fishing activity in Bengal and Odisha till May 20.
As cyclone 'Amphan' is approaching Odisha, the State has to evacuate around 50,000 to 60,000 people, said Chief Secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held meeting with Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) officials to review the situation arising out of cyclone Amphan in eastern states of Odisha and West Bengal.
Pamban port authorities have hoisted 'cyclone warning cage no. 2' at Pamban Bridge in Rameswaram.
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