Cyclone Jawad Live Updates: Cyclone Jawad located around 210km in southeast of Vishakhapatnam
Artist Sudarshan Pattanaik gives finishing touches to a sand sculpture to create awareness on Cyclone Jawad in Puri. (Photo: PTI)
Cyclone Jawad Live Updates: A severe cyclone formed in the southeastern Bay of Bengal at 11.30 am on Friday. It was named Jawad. It is presently located 280 km southeast of Visakhapatnam, 400 km from Gopalpur in Odisha, 460 km from Puri and 540 km from Paradip. It is approaching the Uttaranchal coast at a speed of 14 kmph. It will approach the north Coastal Andhra and Odisha coasts on Saturday morning. It was later revealed that it was likely to change direction and cross the coast at Puri towards Odisha on the afternoon of the 5th. It will then weaken and form a severe cyclone over the coast of Odisha towards West Bengal. Also, winds of up to 110 kmph are expected on Saturday afternoon.
Cyclone Jawad Live Updates: Cyclone Jawad was observed moving northwards in the past 1 hour and will continue the same for the next 12 hours. Weakening trend in the intensity of the cyclone and expected to hit the coastal regions of Puri tomorrow and will weaken gradually: HR Biswas Director IMD Bhubaneshwar. (ANI)
Cyclone threat: Bengal govt evacuates thousands in coastal areas; heavy rain likely for two days
The West Bengal government on Saturday evacuated thousands of people in South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur districts and urged tourists in popular sea resorts to stay away from beaches, as cyclone 'Jawad' loomed large over the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast. Several places in the metropolis, North and South 24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Howrah and Hooghly districts received light rainfall since morning, the weather office said. (PTI)
Cyclonic storm to weaken gradually during next 6 hours
Jawad cyclone Live Updates: The Jawad cyclone is currently located around 210 km in the southeast of Vishakhapatnam and 390km southwest of Puri. The cyclone is showing signs of weakening. The cyclone will move away from Odisha by tomorrow evening: Pradeep Kumar Jena, Relief Commissioner, Odisha
Cyclone Jawad Live Updates: Lifeguards from the Odisha Fire & Disaster dept urge people to vacate Puri beach, in the wake of Cyclone Jawad
Andhra Pradesh Live Updates | Continuous rains witnessed across the district, windspeeds of 50kmph at few locations; 79 cyclone shelters operation since yesterday. NDRF, SDRF, fire teams on alert and deployed across the district: Shrikesh B Lathkar, Collector & DM, Srikakulam on cyclone Jawad
Puri: Artist Sudarshan Pattanaik gives finishing touches to a sand sculpture to create awareness on Cyclone Jawad. (PTI photo)
UGC-NET, IIFT exam postponed in some centres over cyclone 'Jawad'
The University Grants Commission - National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) and an entrance exam of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) that were scheduled for Sunday has been postponed in some centres of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal due to Cyclone 'Jawad'. The UGC-NET 2020 and June 2021 has been rescheduled for the centres in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, and Puri, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur in Ganjam district and Gunupur in Rayagada district of Odisha, the National Testing Agency said in a notice on Friday. (PTI)
Srikakulam: 17- year-old girl dies after coconut tree falls on her
A 17- year-old girl, identified as G Indu, died after a coconut tree uprooted and fell on her due to the strong winds at Meliaputti village Mandal in Srikakulam district on Saturday morning.
Cyclone Jawad Live Updates: Schools shut in 19 districts of Odisha for today
In view of the impending cyclonic storm Jawad, the Odisha government has ordered to keep the schools closed in 19 districts of the state. The 19 districts wherein the schools would be closed are Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Koraput, Rayagada, Cuttack, Khordha, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Malkangiri, and Mayurbhanj. (ANI)