Weather forecast today, Cyclone Fani LIVE Updates: Odisha is bracing for heavy to very heavy rainfall as Cyclone Fani (pronounced Foni) makes its way towards its coast. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a ‘yellow warning’ for residents along the coast as it predicted that Cyclone Fani would intensify into an “extremely severe cyclonic storm” by Wednesday evening.
Cyclone Fani is expected to move northwestwards towards till this evening, before recurving north-northeastwards and crossing the Odisha coast. It is likely to make landfall between Gopalpur and Chandbali by Friday, although the exact location is not known. On Tuesday afternoon, it lay about 800 km south of Puri, 670 km south of Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and about 680 km northeast of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka.
The Navy, Coast Guard, and National Disaster Response Force have been dispatched for relief measures. The Army and Air Force is on standby as well.
Prepare an emergency kit which can come handy at the time of the cyclone
Prepare an emergency kit with items you think might be useful at the time of the cyclone.
NDMA gives an advice on how you can preserve your valuables
NDMA’s advice on how you can preserve your documents and valuables from the cyclone might be useful.
Advance financial assistance for Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal released by Home Ministry
The Home Ministry has released an advance financial assistance of Rs 1,086 crore to Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal for them to undertake preventive and relief measures.
To deal with the situation on Cyclone Fani, the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) met Tuesday to discuss and review the preparedness of the states with its concerned departments of the Government of India. Based on the reviews and discussion, the committee has released an advance financial assistance of Rs 1,086 crore to Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal for them to undertake preventive and relief measures.
The cabinet secretary also directed all the states to take each and every measure to prevent any loss of life and keep essential supplies like food, drinking water, medications, etc., ready beforehand.
The Indian Coast Guard and the Indian Navy have deployed their ships and helicopters for rescue and relief operations. In Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha, the Army and Air Force have been put in standby.
A total of 41 CRPF teams have been deployed in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. In addition to the CRPF, NDRF has also deployed 13 of its teams in West Bengal and 10 in Andhra Pradesh.
All the states have issued advisories to ensure fishermen do not venture into the sea. IMD will issue bulletins every three hours with the latest updates on the condition of the cyclone in the concerned states.