Cyclone Fani | Updates: Coast Guard deploys 4 ships, 34 disaster relief teams
The HinduCyclone Fani, a severe cyclonic storm, is expected to make landfall on Friday, May 3, 2019 on the eastern coast of the country. May 3, 2019|1:00 am Fani to make morning landfall Odisha Chief Secretary A P Padhi said the cyclone is likely to hit the coast very close to the pilgrim town of Puri around 9.30 am on Friday and the entire process of landfall will take four to five hours. CM assures help to Odisha, reviews situation Amaravati : As cyclone Fani is expected to hit Puri in Odisha, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday reviewed the preparedness of the official machinery in northern coastal areas of his state and assured all necessary help to the neighbour. 3.10 p.m. 95 trains cancelled The Railways on Thursday said as many as 95 trains have been cancelled in the last two days in view of the ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm Fani, which is likely to affect Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, while three special trains have been put into service to ferry stranded passengers from affected areas. 12 noon Odisha govt begins evacuating people The Odisha government on Thursday started evacuating people from low-lying areas in several coastal districts to safer places as cyclone Fani is likely to hit the State’s coast in Puri district on Friday evening.