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Advisory distributed by @ndmaindia and local authorities days before #CycloneFaniUpdates made landfall in effort to minimize loss if life and injury #GP2019Geneva #ResilienceForAll #CycloneFani pic.twitter.com/5q2w2QBNkS— UNDRR (@unisdr) May 3, 2019
Odisha: Indian Navy has set up relief camps and community kitchens in villages near Puri district affected due to #CycloneFani. Three ships using their integral helicopters are also engaged in relief operations. pic.twitter.com/7DOG0QDrIL— ANI (@ANI) May 5, 2019
In action: Lady Police officer of Talchua Police Station, Kendrapara !!— Odisha Police (@odisha_police) May 2, 2019
Braving all odds and adversaries, our officers are making all the possible efforts to evacuate each single person to the safety. #MissionZeroCasualty#CycloneFani #OdishaPrepared4Fani pic.twitter.com/jbHRUYauRy
Fani had reached its peak intensity on 2nd May and was classified as a Category-4 major hurricane. Luckily, it had weakened before making landfall and hit Odisha with speeds of up to 175 kilometres per hour with heavy rainfall. The storm later went on to wreak havoc in West Bengal. In its last stage, it entered Bangladesh, where it claimed about 14 lives. Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik, said that Cyclone Fani was one of the rarest storms to hit the Indian Subcontinent and he also claimed that the state had carried out 'the biggest human evacuation in history'.
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Puri was the worst affected city in Odisha. Image Source - AFP |
Last week, the Centre had released Rs 1000 crore for aiding the evacuation process and now it has released an additional amount of Rs 1000 crore for the state. Denis McClean, a spokesperson for the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) said, "The almost pinpoint accuracy of the early warnings from the Indian Meteorological Department had enabled the authorities to conduct a well-targeted evacuation plan, which had involved moving more than one million people into storm shelters," The transport systems too were coordinating with each other to ensure that the people stuck in the afflicted areas don't have to go through much trouble. The following states have offered a contribution to Odisha; Tamil Nadu - Rs 10 crore, Maharashtra - Rs 10 crore, Uttar Pradesh - Rs 10 crore, Gujarat - Rs 5 crore and Chhattisgarh - Rs 11 crore.The fiery #CycloneFani blows through Puripic.twitter.com/tf5VlwHoCu— PIB India (@PIB_India) May 3, 2019
Children are fed at an emergency shelter in Puri. Image Source - World Vision |
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