WB CM Mamata Banerjee meets cyclone victims at hospital in Jalpaiguri
As the cyclone wreaked havoc in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met the victims of the cyclone at the Jalpaiguri Super Specialty Hospital.
As the cyclone wreaked havoc in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met the victims of the cyclone at the Jalpaiguri Super Specialty Hospital.
The floods that followed caused extensive damage, submerging 6,675 houses and nearly 1,698 rice paddies, while 617 houses were destroyed, according to the BNGRC.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cautioned countrymen amid approaching 'Cyclone Michaung', saying that he was in constant touch with the governments of states on the eastern coast to coordinate relief and rescue efforts.
With Cyclone 'Michaung' expected to hit the west-central Bay of Bengal off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts by December 4 forenoon
The Director General, India Meteorological Department (IMD) briefed the Committee about the current status of cyclone ‘Michaung’.
A Union Health Ministry official said that the district administration had identified shelter homes in which women, pregnant women
The cyclone is likely moving towards Rajasthan today, as it is causing heavy rainfall in Jaisalmer, Ajmer, Udaipur, and other southern districts.
Earlier on Thursday evening, at least 22 people were injured, while electric poles and trees were uprooted as the 'Biparjoy' cyclone made landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas.
The cyclone 'Biparjoy' is all set to make a landfall at Saurashtra and Kutch coasts and adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi (Gujarat) and Karachi (Pakistan) near Jakhau Port (Gujarat) by Thursday evening, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Even as Biparjoy is about to cause mayhem, the next cyclone in the region will be named ‘Tej’ as suggested…
