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The current ‘low-pressure area’ over the Bay of Bengal is very likely to intensify into a “very severe cyclonic storm” on May 25 and will reach the north Bay of Bengal near West Bengal and adjoining north Odisha and Bangladesh coasts around May 26 morning, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). As Odisha braces for the cyclone amid a raging pandemic, chief minister Naveen Patnaik directed officials to be careful so as not to spread more infection due to crowding at cyclone shelters. Chairing a meeting to review the state’s preparedness, the chief minister directed that healthcare centres should have sufficient back-up facilities like power generators, water supply, medicines and food supplies. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to evacuate ar
ODRAF team arrives in Paradip, preparations underway to ale
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23 May 2021, 09:27 GMT+10
Paradip (Odisha) [India], May 23 (ANI): With Odisha bracing up for cyclonic storm Yaas, the first 22-member Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) team on Saturday arrived in Jagatsinghpur s Paradip.
According to the Jagatsinghpur Collector, Sangram Keshari Mohapatra, the epicenter of the Cyclone Yass was reported below the Pacific Ocean floor, but no tsunami alert was issued. It is expected to make landfall in northern Odisha and Sundarbans, moving north and northwest. The state government has expedited all preparations. Fishermen who have gone fishing to the sea are being brought back, said Mohapatra.
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