Cyclone Fani LIVE Updates: Rain Batters Kolkata As Storm Crossed Into Kharagpur, West Bengal

IMP UPDATE: Serious twister Fani debilitated into a cyclonic tempest and lay focused at 60 km NW of Kolkata at 0530 IST on May 4. It is relied upon to debilitate into Deep Depression and move into Bangladesh by early afternoon.

Jharkhand Government Approaches Authorities to be Set up for Fani

The Jharkhand Government Provided a warning on May 3, asking all locale representative chiefs to set up control rooms to meet any exigency in the wake of the cyclonic tempest ‘Fani’. An official discharge, citing the provincial meteorological office, said from the evening of May 3 to May 4, across the board rains joined by solid breezes will happen in all the 24 regions of the state. (PTI)”

Fast Reaction Team of Navy from INS Chilka gave crisis help with close-by towns in cutting and clearing of trees which had fallen because of the tempest

Cyclone Fani hits West Bengal by intersection Kharagpur. It is relied upon to proceed with further in North-East heading with the breeze speed of 90 km/hour.

Update: Cyclone Fani to move northwards towards West Bengal and the Northeast. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have gone after pre-situating in Assam’s Cachar, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Sonitpur, Tinsukia and Jorhat locale, the Times of India has detailed.

Helicopters have been kept prepared at Bagdogra and Purnea for speedy organization in Odisha and West Bengal, The Times of India cited a Defense discharge as saying.

Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu: Directed Civil Aviation Secretary to consistently screen circumstance. DGCA will issue overhauled warnings to carriers as and when essential. Making every single imaginable walk for traveler wellbeing and to limit bother.

Cyclone Fani now debilitating, says IMD

Typhoon Fani, the most grounded tempest to hit India since 2014, is debilitating in the wake of surging into Odisha, the head of the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a NDTV report.

Overwhelming downpours, alongside solid breezes, will proceed for the duration of the day in Odisha, where more a million people have been cleared, K J Ramesh, Director General of the IMD said.

“In the wake of making landfall early today, violent wind Fani has begun debilitating and it’s probably going to enter Bangladesh by tomorrow night,” he said. “No violent wind at any point had such a long length in April.”