National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has made five teams available to Tamil Nadu and three teams for Puducherry as asked for by them and teams are also being kept on standby for Andhra Pradesh to be activated as and when the State government desires.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 23 (ANI): The deep depression over the central Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm Sitrang, said the India Meteorological Department on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Friday reviewed the preparedness of Central ministries, agencies and state governments to deal with the situation arising out of Cyclone Sitrang developing in the Bay of Bengal during the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) meeting.
Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): A low-pressure area is likely to form over the southeast & east-central Bay of Bengal during the next two days, officials said on Tuesday.
Kohat [Pakistan], August 6 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat district and adjoining areas on Saturday, local media reported.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Indian Metrological Department (IMD) has issued a warning of heavy rain in Kerala for the next five days due to strong westerly winds in the Arabian Sea.
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): A depression has formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal about 170km west of Car Nicobar and is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by May 8, the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): The depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south Andaman Sea has moved north-northeastwards, intensified into a deep depression at 0530 hours on Monday over north Andaman Sea and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal. It lay centred at 0830 hours IST, over the same region near latitude 12.3°N and longitude 93.8°E, about 140 km east-northeast of Port Blair (Andaman Islands), 120 km southeast of Mayabundar (Andaman Islands) and 560 km south-southwest of Yangon (Myanmar).
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 20 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department has predicted light to moderate rainfall at a few places over the weekend for Telangana, informed K Nagarathna, Head, Weather Forecasting, IMD Hyderabad.