The second meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, Shri Rajiv Gauba, was held today to review the situation and preparedness to deal with Very Severe Cyclone Bulbul over the Bay of Bengal and likely to affect coastal districts of West Bengal and Odisha.
IMD informed that the Cyclone, has now intensified and is likely to cross the West Bengal coast by the late evening of 9th Nov. Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, accompanied by winds reaching upto 120 Kmph and tidal waves up 1 to 2 meter are expected. The Cyclone is expected to make a landfall at the West Bengal Coast at about 2000 to 2200 hrs.
Chief Secretaries of West Bengal and Odisha informed that necessary preparations have been made by them and SDRF and Fire Service teams have been positioned. Fishing operations have been suspended and people in low lying areas being evacuated to shelter homes.
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