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Amphan Cyclone News: Super Cyclone may wreak havoc today; Learn all the important things from preparation to danger in 10 points

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
The coastal areas in Odisha and Bengal have been completely evacuated. SMS based alert system is being sent. Emergency sirens are ringing in coastal areas. At the same time, about three lakh people have been evacuated to safe places in West Bengal.

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Tracking Live Cyclone Amphan: Maha Chakravat Amfan can take a macabre appearance today (Wednesday) and cause great devastation. There is a possibility of collision between Digha and Hatia in Bangladesh close to Sundarbans. 

But before this, the rainy season has started in Odisha with strong wind. However, disaster management teams and military rescue teams are ready to deal with potential situations. Efforts are on to bring millions of people to safe places in eastern India, Odisha, West Bengal and Bangladesh due to possible outbreaks of Cyclone Amfan.

The administrative staff of both the countries and the concerned states are fully engaged in dealing with the cyclone. Governments and agencies are quick sharing of necessary information. This is the second cyclone in the Bay of Bengal in two decades

Amphan is the second such cyclone in the Bay of Bengal after the Great Cyclone in Odisha in 1999. So let's know some special things related to this ...

1. The Center and the state governments are on alert in view of the possible danger of the storm. The coastal areas in Odisha and Bengal have been completely evacuated. SMS based alert system is being sent. Emergency sirens are ringing in coastal areas. At the same time, about three lakh people have been evacuated to safe places in West Bengal. Fishing activities have been suspended in the maritime zone. Panic is being seen on the faces of people in potential areas of the storm. Meanwhile, the rains have also intensified.

2. Governments and agencies are quick sharing of necessary information. This is the second cyclone in the Bay of Bengal in two decades. On Monday, heavy rains have started in some parts with the cyclone approaching Odisha coast. Odisha and Bengal are continuously raining with strong winds. On Monday, heavy rains started in some parts as the cyclone of Odisha approached.

3. Three lakh people were taken to the camps: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that at least three lakh people have been evacuated from the coastal areas of West Bengal to safer places in view of the cyclone. They have been given masks. Senior officials are monitoring the situation and the helpline has been started.

4. Thunderstorms with heavy rain:
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that East Midnapore, South and North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Kolkata districts of West Bengal may be affected. Whereas the coastal districts of Odisha, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Balasore will receive heavy rains and storms.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has moved its three moving border posts and ships and 45 other patrol boats deployed for the protection of the Indo-Bangladesh River Front Front and Ichmati River in West Bengal to a safe location in view of the cyclone.

 5. 11 lakh people evacuated in Odisha:
As a precautionary measure, Odisha Special Rescue Commissioner PK Jena said that the work of evacuating 11 lakh people living in mud houses in low-lying, coastal districts is going on. It will be completed by late Tuesday night.

6. The Maha cyclone 'Amfan' turned into a 'very severe' cyclonic storm with some weakening on Tuesday but it still remains strong enough to cause damage in coastal districts of West Bengal and Odisha.

7. Millions of people have been evacuated from these two states to the safer places. It is centered in the Bay of Bengal, 510 km off Digha coast in West Bengal, so it is expected to move north-northeast. Vigilance is being taken in both these states.

8. HR Vishwas, director of the Meteorological Center, Bhubaneswar, said that in the morning 'Amfan center was over the Bay of West-Central Bengal, about 420 km south of Paradip (Odisha), 570 km south-southwest of Digha and It is 700 km south-southwest of Khepupara in Bangladesh. He said that it is likely to weaken as a very severe cyclonic storm reaching over the Bay of Bengal in the north-northeast direction and passing between Digha and Hatia islands between West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts by Wednesday afternoon or evening. And the speed of winds in the storm will be constant from 155 to 165 km per hour, which can catch a speed of 180 km per hour in between.

9. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) chief S.N. Pradhan said that a total of 41 teams of the force have been deployed in West Bengal and Odisha to deal with any emergency arising out of the impending Maha Chakravat 'Amfan'. Pradhan said that this second disaster in the form of cyclone 'Amfan' is coming because we are already fighting Covid-19 and hence large scale preparations have been made. 

A total of 41 teams of NDRF have been deployed in the two states affected by Amfan and Odisha and West Bengal.

10. India Meteorological Department Director Mrityunjay Mohapatra said that as the cyclone is gradually weakening, its impact in Odisha is not likely to be much. He said that although coastal districts like Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore are expected to receive heavy rains and strong winds from Tuesday evening.


Amphan Cyclone News: Super Cyclone may wreak havoc today; Learn all the important things from preparation to danger in 10 points Amphan Cyclone News: Super Cyclone may wreak havoc today; Learn all the important things from preparation to danger in 10 points Reviewed by Aapka Guide on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 Rating: 5
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