Odisha Area News Today

With Cyclonic Storm, Jawad, likely to hit North Andhra Pradesh on Saturday morning, the Indian Navy on Friday said that it has ramped up rescue and relief operations to minimise damages.

The Andhra Pradesh government has evacuated over 54,008 people from three districts ahead of Cyclone Jawad landfall. The Odisha government has ordered to keep the schools closed in 19 districts of the state in view of the cyclonic storm. 

As depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal likely to intensify as Cyclonic Storm, 'Jawad' and moving North Westerly direction and is likely to cross the coasts of north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha on Saturday, Indian Navy is closely monitoring the movement of the Cyclonic Storm.

As part of the preparedness, the Navy said that 13 flood relief teams (FRT) and four diving teams are kept on standby to be deployed for assisting in the rescue and relief operations.

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