Cyclone Phethai made a landfall at Katrenikona in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Monday. The Real-Time Governance Centre at the state Secretariat announced that 'Phethai' weakened into a cyclone as it made landfall near Katrenikona today afternoon with a wind speed of 80 kmph. The South Central Railway cancelled over 50 trains because of Cyclone Phethai. The national and state disaster response forces were being kept on standby along with 10,000 state government employees as part of disaster preparedness. The Indian Navy, through the Eastern Naval Command, for the past two days had flown 11 sorties across the eastern coast and broadcast warnings to fishermen to stay away from the coastline. Several flights were also cancelled to the port city of Visakhapatnam due to turbulent weather conditions. Some flights were diverted to Hyderabad.
The East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh bore the brunt of Cyclone Phethai as it made landfall near Katrenikona today afternoon, forcing the evacuation of 20,000 people, who are being sheltered in relief camps. Strong winds reaching up to 85-90 kmph uprooted electric poles and trees in Katrenikona, Tallarevu and Malkipuram in East Godavari, disrupting power supply.
Incessant rains in Raipur due to Cyclone Phethai have led to a change in the venue of the swearing-in ceremony of the new chief minister of the state. The oath taking ceremony of Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel as the new Chhattisgarh chief minister has been shifted from the Science College grounds to Balbeer Juneja Indoor Stadium in Raipur because of the rainfall, a Met official told news agency PTI.
The Real-Time Governance Centre at the state Secretariat announced that 'Phethai' weakened into a cyclone as it made landfall near Katrenikona around 12.25 pm with a wind speed of 80 kmph, reports news agency PTI.
The East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh bore the brunt of Cyclone Phethai as it made landfall near Katrenikona today afternoon, forcing the evacuation of 20,000 people, who are being sheltered in relief camps. Strong winds reaching up to 85-90 kmph uprooted electric poles and trees in Katrenikona, Tallarevu and Malkipuram in East Godavari, disrupting power supply.
Incessant rains in Raipur due to Cyclone Phethai have led to a change in the venue of the swearing-in ceremony of the new chief minister of the state. The oath taking ceremony of Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel as the new Chhattisgarh chief minister has been shifted from the Science College grounds to Balbeer Juneja Indoor Stadium in Raipur because of the rainfall, a Met official told news agency PTI.
The Real-Time Governance Centre at the state Secretariat announced that 'Phethai' weakened into a cyclone as it made landfall near Katrenikona around 12.25 pm with a wind speed of 80 kmph, reports news agency PTI.
Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘PHETHAI’ over westcentral & adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal moved
northwards with a speed of 23 kmph during past 06 hrs, weakened slightly and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST
of 17
th Dec over westcentral Bay of Bengal near lat 15.2°N & long 82.2°E
IMD
northwards with a speed of 23 kmph during past 06 hrs, weakened slightly and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST
of 17
th Dec over westcentral Bay of Bengal near lat 15.2°N & long 82.2°E
IMD
And also in the other regions....
Heavy rain is also expected in adjoining areas of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand.
Several flights to Vizag have also been cancelled as severe cyclonic storm Phethai is set to make landfall today.
22 passenger trains have been cancelled as Cyclone Pethai is expected to make landfall between Visakhapatnam and Kakinada coasts today.
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