Cyclone Phailin which is moving in from the Bay of Bengal, is forecast to hit between Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Paradip in Odisha state on the evening of October 12, disaster management and weather officials said today.
Heavy rains, gale force winds and storm surges are also forecast in West Bengal, and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Cyclone Phailin is gaining an extra speed of 10 kph every three hours, Yahoo India reported quoting a National Disaster Management Authority.
Indian Meteorological Department has also called on tens of thousands of farmers in the rice and cotton-growing states to save their crops within next 48 hours.
Cyclone Phailin will also affect Chhattisgarh and Jharkhandand where the Dusshera holidays of employees have been cancelled.
The East Coast Railway has planned special relief trains to be run to disaster affected areas carrying relief and restoration materials.
Heavy rains, gale force winds and storm surges are also forecast in West Bengal, and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Cyclone Phailin is gaining an extra speed of 10 kph every three hours, Yahoo India reported quoting a National Disaster Management Authority.
Indian Meteorological Department has also called on tens of thousands of farmers in the rice and cotton-growing states to save their crops within next 48 hours.
Cyclone Phailin will also affect Chhattisgarh and Jharkhandand where the Dusshera holidays of employees have been cancelled.
The East Coast Railway has planned special relief trains to be run to disaster affected areas carrying relief and restoration materials.
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