Environment
Odisha deploys 60 ODRAF teams ahead of cyclone
The Indian Express·
Odisha on Sunday mobilised disaster teams ahead of a Bay of Bengal system forecast to hit Andhra Pradesh around October 28. IMD expects a very severe cyclonic storm with winds of 115-125 kmph and gusts up to 140 kmph. Five Odisha districts have a red rain warning from October 27. Some 60 ODRAF and 17 NDRF teams are deployed.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Ganjam, Gajapati, Koraput, Rayagada and Malkangiri face heavy to very heavy rain warnings from October 27.
- Fishermen were advised not to venture into the sea from October 24.
- Leave for collectors and critical officers was cancelled for the alert period.
What's Happening
- Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Odisha will prepare despite the Andhra landfall forecast.
- Senior officials must remain at headquarters from October 26, a government circular said.
- IMD also forecast thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds of 60-70 kmph across Odisha from October 27 to 29.
Districts under red warning
- The depression lay over the east-central Bay of Bengal at 0830 IST on October 25, IMD said.
- It is expected to intensify step by step into a very severe cyclonic storm by October 28.
- Fire Services put 225 teams on high alert alongside ODRAF and NDRF units.
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