NDMA Asks People Not To Venture Out Till ‘All Clear’ By Govt

TPI Staff May 21, 2020

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Mumbai: Following the AMPHAN cyclone the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Thursday advised people to go out till the government gets the green signal.

“Only venture out after a cyclone when “all clear” messages are declared by the Government Officials,” NDMA wrote on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/ndmaindia/status/1263344017581830144?s=19

Cyclone Amphan caused landslides in the coastal region of Odisha and West Bengal on 20 May and adversely affected the weather in different parts of the country.

NDMA said that there is a possibility of thunder and light rain in Bihar; Light and strong winds at isolated places in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and Meghalaya.

With lightning and strong winds at different places in Lakshadweep, Kerala, and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura, and lightning at isolated places in south interior Karnataka, it said.

The NDMA also stated that wind speeds of 30-40 mph with a speed of 50 mph in Meghalaya and West Assam.

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