Cyclone Fani Possible Alert For South/East Coast India

[Abhinav]

Latest Satellite image and predicted path.

Some updates are available here Tropical Cyclone Fani, Now Category 4, Will Landfall Friday in India With Storm Surge, Destructive Winds, Flooding Rain | The Weather Channel

 

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Orange Alert issued. Take care everyone residing in the zone.

 

[Abhinav]

Evacuation underway

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[Abhinav]

Cyclone 'Fani', expected to hit the coasts of Odisha tomorrow, has intensified into an 'extremely severe cyclonic storm' with wind speed likely to hit 200 kmph at the time of landfall. The Central and the state government have put the disaster relief machinery including the NDRF, SDRF and Armed forces on high alert. About 800,000 people have evacuated from low-lying areas of 14 districts in Odisha.

As sea condition will be rough and phenomenal over Northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha and West Bengal till May 4, fishermen have been advised not to venture into sea in this period.

The Indian Navy has stationed two ships at Visakhapatnam and Chennai carrying expert divers and doctors.

Airport Authority of India issued alert to all coastal airports to ensure all precautions, SOPs (standard operating procedures) put in place immediately.

Two more special trains will start from Puri at 3 pm & 6 pm today for Howrah. Stoppages- Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur, Kendujhar road, Bhadrak, Balasore & Kharagpur

The impact of Cyclone 'Fani' is likely to be much more severe than 'Titli', which had hit the Odisha-Andhra coast last year and killed at least 60 people.

Cyclone likely to cross the Odisha coast between Gopalpur and Chandbali, to the south of Puri around May 3 afternoon with maximum wind speed of 205 kmph.

 

[iSK]

40 more trains have been cancelled due to Cyclone Fani. Total cancellation of trains now touches 147.

All flights to and from Bhubaneswar airport on May 3 stand cancelled. No flight will depart or arrive at Kolkata airport between 9.30 pm of May 3 and 6 pm of May 4: DGCA

Cyclone Fani live updates: Heavy rain lashes Uddanam area of Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh

 

[anandbb]

Breaking News: Cyclone Fani is Now Category 5 Storm

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[iSK]

Breaking News: Cyclone Fani is Now Category 5 Storm

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Its means now more dangerous than the before predicted 3.5 storm

 

[Abhinav]

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA) has said that no flight will depart or arrive at Kolkata airport between 9.30 pm tomorrow till 6 pm on May 4 due to cyclone Fani. The aviation body also said that all flights to and fro Bhubaneswar airport on May 3 stand cancelled.

 

[anandbb]

Its means now more dangerous than the before predicted 3.5 storm

Yes it getting stronger bcoz of warm sea temperatures.

 

[Abhinav]

Fani is becoming more dangerous as it reaches ground. Watch video report here.