Cyclone Amphan live updates: At least 3 lakh people evacuated from three West Bengal districts, says CM

Rapid response teams to keep eye on tiger movement in Sundarbans

With cyclone 'Amphan' set to lash coastal areas of Bengal on May 20, the forest department on Tuesday formed rapid response teams to ensure that tigers from Sundarbans in South 24 Parganas district do not stray into nearby human settlements after the landfall.

Cabinet secretary chairs meeting of NCMC

Cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba on Tuesday chaired the third meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) to review the preparedness of states and central ministries to deal with the cyclonic storm 'Amphan'.

Instead of June 1, monsoon will hit Kerala on June 5 after a four-day delay due to the tropical cyclone: Experts

I request railways not to bring back migrant workers to West Bengal on Wednesday, Thursday morning as precautionary measure: CM Mamata Banerjee

It is very likely to move north-northeastwards across the northwest Bay of Bengal and cross West Bengal – Bangladesh coasts between Digha (West Bengal) and Hatiya Islands (Bangladesh) close to Sundarbans during the afternoon to evening hours on May 20, says IMD.

Super cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal moved north-northeastwards with a speed of 17kmph during past 6 hours and lay centred at 11.30am on May 19 as an extremely severe cyclonic storm: India Meteorological Department

This is the most intense cyclone - the second super cyclone - which has been formed in the Bay of Bengal after 1999. Its wind speed in the sea right now is 200-240 kmph. It is moving towards north-northwestward direction: IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

15 teams are deployed in Odisha. They are carrying out awareness drives, communication drives and evacuation. 19 teams are deployed in West Bengal, 2 in standby there. We are facing a dual challenge right now: NDRF chief SN Pradhan

NDRF and IMD brief media over cyclone Amphan

We've kept an additional backup. 6 NDRF battalions - 11, 9, 1, 10, 4, 5 have been identified for it. 11 battalion is in Varanasi, 9 in Patna, 1 in Guwahati, 10 in Vijaywada, 4 in Arakkonam and 5 in Pune. They have military airports and troops can be brought on short notice, says NDRF chief, adding, every Battalion has 4 teams, so there are 24 teams on standby.

CM Mamata Banerjee has asked people to remain indoors in view of Cyclone Amphan-related weather conditions

Super Cyclone Amphan is heading towards coastal region of Odisha, West Bengal, partially touching Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. A clear directive has been given to party workers to cooperate with their administrations in relief operations and evacuation process of people: BJP chief JP Nadda

North 24 Parganas DM has said that the administration has already evacuated 60,000 people.

Around 3 lakh people have been evacuated so far. They have been kept in relief camps: West Bengal CM Mamata

All precautionary measures taken to deal with any eventuality arising out of cyclone Amphan: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal government launches three helpline numbers in view of super cyclone Amphan ---- 03322143526--- 03322141995--- 1070

On directions of CM Naveen Patnaik, four senior officers with vast experience in handling such calamities have been deputed to different Odisha districts to supervise preparations, guide local administration in view of Cyclone Amphan: State chief secretary

Odisha districts witness light rainfall

Light rainfall in several areas of Puri, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur and Khurda districts of Odisha as Cyclone Amphan moves closer to the coast, reports PTI quoting officials