The Meteorological Department of India (IMD) has warned that Cyclone Amfan over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify during the next 12 hours, a severe cyclonic storm by Monday morning.
Amfan, which is located in the Bay of Bengal and neighborhood, moved north-northwest during the last six hours with a speed of 6 kmph, accelerated slightly and around 990 from Paradip in Odisha at 5:30 am on Sunday The kilometers became concentrated in the same area to the south. , Is 1240 km south-southwest from Digha in West Bengal and 1260 km south-southwest from Khepupara in Bangladesh.
A cyclonic storm called UM-PUN is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm during the next six hours and an even more severe cyclonic storm during the subsequent 12 hours, that is, it may be threatened.
Today we are going to tell you the things related to this storm, about which you need to know.
* 12 districts of Odisha - Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Cuttack, Khurda and Nahan - have been placed on alert following IMD forecasts.
* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has set a target of zero casualties before the administration, which is in the midst of the fight against Kovid-19.
* The state government has predicted that about seven lakh people in 649 villages along the coastline are likely to be severely affected by cyclone Amfan.
* Odisha has requested the Center to temporarily suspend the Special Shramik Special 'trains passing through the areas falling in the direction of cyclone Amfan.
* Cyclone Amfan is likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall in coastal districts of West Bengal from 19 May. By Sunday evening it may intensify into a severe cyclonic storm and may move north-northwest by 17 May.
* After this, there is a possibility of moving from north to north-east towards West Bengal coast from 18 to 20 May.
* Heavy rain is expected on May 19 and 20 in the coastal districts of Gangetic West Bengal including North and South 24 Parganas, Kolkata, East and West Midnapore, Howrah and Hooghly.
* Fishermen have been advised not to land on the northern Bay of Bengal and the coasts of West Bengal-Odisha from 18 to 21 May and those who are out at sea are asked to return to the coasts by 17 May.
* Along with the coastal areas of West Bengal, the wind speed will reach 45 to 55 kmph with a speed of 65 kmph from the afternoon of May 19 and slow down to a speed of 90 kmph from the morning on May 20. - Will increase from 75 to 85 kmph.
* Disaster management teams are being sent to the cyclone shelters in coastal areas and other places of West Bengal for rescue and relief operations. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) will also be deployed for rescue and relief operations.
* The movement of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Fire Service has started in Odisha.
* Odisha has suspended the leave of all government employees in 12 coastal districts.
* Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has also prepared itself for maritime search and rescue operations. On patrol his ship and aircraft are directing fishing boats working at sea to return to port for safety.
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