Cyclone alert News
Cyclone Remal Update: This is the first cyclone in the Bay of Bengal this pre-monsoon season and will be named Remal, according to a system of naming cyclones in the Indian Ocean region.
BIHAR HEATWAVES BREAKING: Heatwave continues to wreak havoc in UP and Bihar, 35 people died due to heatwave in Patna, while 105 patients suffering from heatwave are admitted in PMCH, a major hospital in Patna.
Amid the cyclone alert in the state of Gujarat, officials at Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla at Gujarat's Kutch have started shifting people from low-lying areas to temporary shelters
Andhra Pradesh has decided to postpone the AP Intermediate Exam 2022 which was scheduled to be held today due to cyclone Asani.
A senior official said the restoration work is going on in the state round-the-clock.
The downpour will be accompanied by light thunderstorms with lightning and surface wind 30-40 kmph (in gust).
Raigad is also expected to witness thunderstorm with lightning and gusty winds from Saturday onwards.
The IMD report also said that no heatwave is likely over any part of the country during the next five days.
About 100 more personnel are being sent to Ahmedabad to further spread the rescue and relief operations in the state. A total of 35 teams were deployed in Gujarat and the Diu district of Union territory Daman and Diu, as per NDRF`s information.
According to IMD broadcast, squally wind speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph is likely to prevail over the east-central Arabian Sea and along and off south Maharashtra, Goa and north Karnataka coasts, and 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph along and off south Karnataka coast.
The rain is likely to continue for at least two more days.
With the met office predicting Cyclone Roanu to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, Odisha government today issued alert in at least 12 districts and asked authorities to be prepared to face eventualities.
Heavy rainfall will continue in Tamil Nadu, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry during the next 24 hours, the weather department has said in a release.
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