Tag: Cyclone Jawad

BMC Commissioner Sanjay Singh held a meeting with officials and field staff from all 67 wards of the Capital city and instructed them to identify potentially hazardous and low-lying settlements in their respective wards and evacuate citizens.

Farmers are going to bear the brunt of approaching cyclone Jawad as they are yet to shift their harvested paddy to safety.

Cyclone Jawad: NDRF DG On Preparedness & Deployment Of Rescue & Restoration Teams

Describing the intensity of Cyclone Jawad, IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mahapatra said, "Gulaab se zyada, Titli se kam (More than Gulaab and less than Titli).

Cyclone Jawad: IMD chief on cyclone wind speed and how it compares to previous cyclones.

According to the latest reports,  cyclone Jawad will make landfall in an area south of Puri in about 36 hours from now.

The consensus model data of INCOIS, NCEP, ECMWF and ACCESS-G3 is, as per the latest conditions, the districts that will bear the Cyclone Jawad Brunt is Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada and Bhadrak

47 teams of the Fire Services have been kept on standby mode at Naraj in Cuttack, the quick action team has been mobilised and kept on standby to combat any situation.

The India Meteorological Department said on Friday that a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm 'Jawad'

According to Mohapatra, cyclone Jawad is likely to change its course from December 4 evening and it will lay centered near Visakhapatnam. Subsequently, it is likely to reach near Puri in Odisha coast.

Briefing about state’s preparedness to tackle the possible Cyclone, Odisha Special Relief Commissioner, Pradeep Jena informed that 20 full units of ODRAF, 17 NDRF teams, and 172 Fire Service teams have been deployed at vulnerable areas.

The Depression over south-east Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression. It is very likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours and reach north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts by tomorrow morning.

Similarly, the Koraput district administration has also cancelled the leaves of all the government officials in the district with immediate effect till December 5.

Red warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls (more than 20 cm) has been issued for Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, and Jagatsinghpur on December 4.

The cyclonic system after moving northwestwards, will reach West-Central Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts around December 4 morning.