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’.
The evacuation operation is being carried out in two phases. The first phase involves moving people living within 0 to 5 kilometers of the seashore, while the second phase focuses on those within 5 to 10 kilometers of the coast.
Pakistan will evacuate around 100,000 people as part of its efforts to ensure the safety of those living in the country's coastal area as cyclone Biparjoy is intensifying, according to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman Inam Haider Malik.
The Cabinet Secretary had directed to call back fishermen at sea and ensure that people from vulnerable areas are evacuated well in time before the landfall of the cyclone.
Cyclone Biparjoy, a “very severe cyclonic storm”, is expected to cross the Gujarat coast on 15 June.
Currently, the cyclone lay centered about 320 kilometers southwest of Porbandar and about 360 kilometers south-southwest of devbhoomi Dwarka.
