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Asani, the severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, packing gale force winds up to 120 km per hour, was moving towards coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha at a speed of 25 km per hour on Monday, but ...
A much-depleted version of Cyclone Asani is tipped to come near the West Bengal coast around Thursday.
It is likely to be too weak to have any considerable impact on Kolkata, said Met officials.
The...
Last week, the irrigation authorities began repairing precarious stretches of dykes at Mahishamari, Silpara, Muriganga and Ghoramara in South 24-Parganas. But residents feel such temporary and hurried...
The Bengal government has directed officials in south Bengal districts to ask farmers to harvest their ripe crops, mainly boro paddy, as soon as possible following the Met department’s forecast ...
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s trip to the districts has been deferred by a week for her to monitory Cyclone Asani that might hit the coastal districts of Bengal and trigger heavy rainfall and...
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has put on alert its employees and disaster management teams in view of the formation of cyclonic storm Asani, which is likely to intensify further into a seve...
The storm in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclone on Sunday, packing wind speed of more than 75 kmph, and is expected to get stronger, the weather office said.
However, it is expected to fizz...
The Bengal government is gearing up to minimise the devastation from cyclone Asani that is expected to make a landfall within 72 hours anywhere between the coastal belt of Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.
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By Subhasish Chaudhuri and Snehamoy Chakraborty
in Calcutta
Cyclone Asani is likely to change course to move towards West Bengal and cause more impact in the state than has been predicted so far.
The first cyclone on the Bay of Bengal this season ...