NDRF personnel were deployed to West Bengal and Odisha on Sunday ahead of Cyclone Amphan’s landfall on May 20 officials said.
. The cyclone, according to an IMD report early Sunday, is developing into a severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal and can potentially become a very severe cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours, NDRF chief SN Pradhan said in New Delhi.
It is likely to cross West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts between Sagar Islands in West Bengal and Hatiya islands in Bangladesh between afternoon and evening of May 20 as a very severe cyclonic storm, Regional MeT Director in Kolkata G K Das said.
Odisha has made arrangements to shift 11 lakh people from vulnerable areas, Special Relief Commissioner P K Jena said. Twelve coastal districts are on high alert.
. The cyclone, according to an IMD report early Sunday, is developing into a severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal and can potentially become a very severe cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours, NDRF chief SN Pradhan said in New Delhi.
It is likely to cross West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts between Sagar Islands in West Bengal and Hatiya islands in Bangladesh between afternoon and evening of May 20 as a very severe cyclonic storm, Regional MeT Director in Kolkata G K Das said.
Odisha has made arrangements to shift 11 lakh people from vulnerable areas, Special Relief Commissioner P K Jena said. Twelve coastal districts are on high alert.
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