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Cyclone Amphan Live Updates: PM To Visit Bengal, Odisha As Cyclone Kills 72, Leaves Behind Trail Of Destruction
Cyclone Amphan Live Update: Over five lakh people had been placed in shelters in West Bengal.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting West Bengal and Odisha tomorrow to survey the ground situation after Cyclone Amphan clobbered the eastern states, leaving at least 72 dead and blowing up shanties, uprooting thousands of trees and swamping low-lying areas.
Earlier in the day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had urged the Prime Minister to visit the state to review the situation.
The India Meteorological Department said the cyclone will dissipate into a deep depression and a depression, the two stages that signify a further weakening of the cyclone, in the next few hours.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had earlier advised people against going out until government's green signal.
It also said that thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and squall is likely over Bihar; with lightning and gusty winds at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and Meghalaya.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had been monitoring the situation at state secretariat Nabanna on Tuesday night, said the impact of Amphan was "worse than coronavirus" and claimed damages due to the cyclone could be in the region of Rs 1 lakh crore.
Here are the updates on Cyclone Amphan:
Cyclone Amphan: Used latest technology to give accurate forecast, says weather department
The India Meteorological Department used all the latest information available to give an accurate prediction on cyclone Amphan, Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said on Thursday.
He said the IMD gave accurate forecast on the cyclone's track, its intensity, storm surge, landfall time and weather associated with it, reported news agency ANI.
Mr Mohapatra said the extremely severe cyclonic storm weakened and moved to Bangladesh at 11:30 PM on Wednesday.
There is currently no impact of the cyclone in West Bengal and it will help the rescue and relief work, he said.
The India Meteorological Department used all the latest information available to give an accurate prediction on cyclone Amphan, Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said on Thursday.
He said the IMD gave accurate forecast on the cyclone's track, its intensity, storm surge, landfall time and weather associated with it, reported news agency ANI.
Mr Mohapatra said the extremely severe cyclonic storm weakened and moved to Bangladesh at 11:30 PM on Wednesday.
There is currently no impact of the cyclone in West Bengal and it will help the rescue and relief work, he said.
Published: May 21, 2020 07:28 IST
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