The depression in the Arabian Sea is likely to intensify into a "very severe cyclonic storm" on May 17 and cross the Gujarat coast a day later, says India Meteorological Department
The storm is expected to hit Kerala within the next 24 hours
Five districts of Kerala were put under a red alert by IMD in view of the developing low-pressure areas over Lakshadweep and the Arabian sea that are expected to intensify into Cyclone Tauktae
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has earmarked 53 teams to tackle possible after-effects of cyclone 'Tauktae' that is developing in the Arabian Sea, a senior officer said on Friday
Kerala was put on high alert with the government opening relief camps and shifting people living in low-lying areas to safer places as rains were lashing several parts since Thursday night
Low pressure area is likely to become well-marked over Lakshadweep on May 14 morning and concentrate into a deep depression over the same region the following morning
The IMD on Thursday issued a warning and said that a low pressure area formed over the Arabian Sea is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by May 16
Might cause light to moderate rainfall over Lakshadweep, Kerala and Coastal Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Cyclone Amphan, which made landfall in May last year near the India-Bangladesh border, was the costliest tropical cyclone on record for the North Indian Ocean
It caused "a lot of destruction. It''s going to be a long recovery process," Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram told reporters
India on Monday delivered relief supplies, including dignity kits containing hygiene and sanitary items and sleeping mats to Fiji for the cyclone-affected families
India is among the countries that are most vulnerable to the fallouts of climate change, and in 2020 it was hit by several extreme weather events
Apart from the pandemic Odisha also faced the vagaries of nature, as a super cyclone and floods left a trail of destruction in the coastal state
Over 638 million people in India are vulnerable to extreme climatic events that have surged in the last decade
The Tamil Nadu government has asked the Centre to provide a financial assistance of Rs 3,758 crore for relief and restoration work in the cyclone 'Nivar'-ravaged districts of the state
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Heavy to extremely heavy rain (over 204 mm) is forecast in Tamil Nadu and Kerala till December 5. Stay with us for all the latest updates
Cyclone Burevi has weakened into a deep depression and will cross the Tamil Nadu coast on the morning of December 4, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.
Normal life was disrupted in Puducherry on Thursday as torrential downpour influenced by cyclone 'Burevi' pounded several parts of the union territory
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with Chief Ministers of Kerala and Tamil Nadu Pinarayi Vijayan and Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami respectively, ahead of Cyclone Burevi.