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NEW DELHI: After turning into a 'super cyclonic storm' with cyclone Amphon over the Bay of Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the response-preparations on Monday afternoon as well as his near Sunderbans on Wednesday afternoon-evening Also reviewed the evacuation plans of disaster management officials before the landslide. .
Super cyclonic storm conditions, with winds of 230-240 kmph are expected for 265 kmph, with heavy rain in coastal Odisha and West Bengal by Tuesday evening. Any cyclone with a windmill of more than 220 km per hour is classified as a 'super cyclonic storm'.
"Amfan will cross West Bengal - Between Digha (West Bengal) and Hatia Islands (Bangladesh) on Wednesday, the coasts of Bangladesh near the Sundarbans will be seen as a 'very severe cyclonic storm', with a maximum speed of 165-175". The speed is 195 km per hour. " Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Mrityunjay Mohapatra said.
Mahapatra told TOI that although its highly damaging effects would be felt in East and West Medinipur, other districts like Kolkata, Hooghly, Howrah and North and South 24 Parganas were also severely affected due to wind and heavy rainfall of over 120 kmph. Will be affected by
The IMD chief said, "We are monitoring the situation and sending alerts round the clock."
The IMD said in its latest bulletin on Monday that the storm, which is about 4-5 meters above the astronomical tides, is likely to increase by about 3-4 meters in the lowlands of the South and North 24 Parganas and the eastern Medinipur district. There was a landslide during the time of West Bengal.
It said, "Amphn will cause heavy to very heavy rainfall in Gangetic West Bengal on Tuesday and Wednesday and heavy to very heavy rainfall in north coastal Odisha."
In Odisha, the damaging effect of Amfan will be felt in Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts on Wednesday. IMD said, "On Wednesday, winds running at speeds of 75-65 kmph are likely to occur in Puri, Khordha, Cuttack, Jajpur districts of Odisha."
Updating them about these alerts, the Prime Minister was also told during the review meeting that the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 25 of its teams on the field, while 12 others are in reserve. In addition, 24 other NDRF teams are also on standby in various parts of the country.
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