Cyclone Yaas: 99 NDRF teams committed across four states, Andaman and Nicobar
According to the Odisha government, 66 Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams and 177 fire services teams are being deployed in areas that are likely to be affected by the cyclone.
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NEW DELHI: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has committed 99 teams across Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the view of Cyclone Yaas, NDRF Director General SN Pradhan said on Monday. #CycloneYaas Update24/5/21 @NDRFHQ commits 99 tms Across 5States/UT 52 tms(22+30 more)-Odisha 35 tms(25+10more)WBengal Rest across AP/TN/A&N, Pradhan tweeted.
24 May 2021, 15:05 PM
Cyclone Yaas: ADG Law & Order YK Jethwa, visits Balasore and Bhadrak to review cyclone evacuation plans and preparedness for post-cyclone rescue and recovery operations. 60 ODRAF formations and 55 platoons force deployed for tackling Cyclone Yaas.
24 May 2021, 15:01 PM
Cyclone Yaas: More than 800 ODRAF personnel with tower lights, searchlights, Gensets, JCBs, Hydra Cranes, inflatable boats, high-end hydraulic tree cutters, gas cutters, plasma cutters, sat phones and walkie talkie sets are prepared in the wake of Cyclone Yaas.
24 May 2021, 14:57 PM
Cyclone Yaas: 5 NDRF teams arrive at Biju Patnaik International Airport.
24 May 2021, 13:40 PM
Cyclone Yaas: Assam and Meghalaya: Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on 26th and 27th May.
Synopsis Yaas is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Islands around noon on May 26 as a very severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of 155-165 kmph, Kolkata s Regional Meteorological Centre Deputy Director Sanjib Bandopadhyay said.
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A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm Yaas and is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts on May 26 after turning into a very severe cyclonic storm, the MeT Department said on Monday. Yaas is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Islands around noon on May 26 as a very severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of 155-165 kmph, Kolkata s Regional Meteorological Centre Deputy Director Sanjib Bandopadhyay said.
A police person announces cyclone related warnings at a beach in Puri. (PTI photo)
BHUBANESHWAR/KOLKATA: A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm Yaas and is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts on May 26 after turning into a very severe cyclonic storm, the MeT Department said on Monday. Yaas is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Islands around noon on May 26 as a very severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of 155-165 kmph, Kolkata s Regional Meteorological Centre Deputy Director Sanjib Bandopadhyay said.
The system lays 540 km south-southeast of Paradip in Odisha and 630 km south-southeast of Digha in West Bengal on Monday morning and is very likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by Tuesday and into a very severe cyclonic storm by Wednesday morning, the MeT Department said.
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