24 May 2021, 15:05 PM
Cyclone Yaas: ADG Law & Order YK Jethwa, visits Balasore and Bhadrak to review cyclone evacuation plans and preparedness for post-cyclone rescue and recovery operations. 60 ODRAF formations and 55 platoons force deployed for tackling Cyclone Yaas.
24 May 2021, 15:01 PM
Cyclone Yaas: More than 800 ODRAF personnel with tower lights, searchlights, Gensets, JCBs, Hydra Cranes, inflatable boats, high-end hydraulic tree cutters, gas cutters, plasma cutters, sat phones and walkie talkie sets are prepared in the wake of Cyclone Yaas.
24 May 2021, 14:57 PM
Cyclone Yaas: 5 NDRF teams arrive at Biju Patnaik International Airport.
24 May 2021, 13:40 PM
Cyclone Yaas: Assam and Meghalaya: Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on 26th and 27th May.
Cyclone Yaas: PM Modi to hold review meet with top govt officials today
The high-level meeting will be attended by Home Minister Amit Shah, representatives from the NDMA, secretaries from Telecom, Power, Civil Aviation, and Earth Sciences ministries, among others
BusinessToday.In | May 23, 2021 | Updated 11:01 IST
PM Modi will on Sunday hold a review meeting with government officials to assess arrangements against the approaching Cyclone Yaas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting with key ministers and officials on Sunday, May 23, to assess preparations to deal with the approaching Cyclone Yaas.
The high-level meeting will be attended by Home Minister Amit Shah, representatives from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), secretaries from Telecom, Power, Civil Aviation, and Earth Sciences ministries, among others.
A depression in east central Bay of Bengal is very likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm with a possible wind speed of 155 kmph to 165 kmph and make landfall on May 26 evening between Paradip in Odisha and Sagar island in West Bengal, the Met department said on Sunday. The system, which lays 670 km south-southeast of Digha in West Bengal and 590 km east-southeast of Paradip, will cause heavy to very heavy rain in the coastal and interior districts of the two states as it progresses, said Sanjib Bandopadhyay, the deputy director of the Regional Met Centre in Kolkata. The depression will intensify into a cyclonic storm by May 24 morning and move in a north-northwesterly direction.