The landfall of cyclone 'Amphan' would be on May 20 between Digha in West Bengal and Hatia Island in Bangladesh, he said.
Pradhan said 'Amphan' will be an extremely severe cyclonic storm, a notch below the 'super cyclone' category, when it makes landfall
In an advisory to West Bengal and Odisha governments, the Union Home Ministry has said 'Amphan' (pronounced as UM-PUN) was spotted on Monday morning over central parts of South Bay of Bengal
The NDRF said that it was ready to undertake massive evacuation of 1.1 million people likely to be hit by it
The styrene gas is heavier than air and comes down on spraying of water, however, it remains in the atmosphere for seven to eight hours
Director General of the NDRF, tells Subhomoy Bhattacharjee how his team is dealing with the situation
Navale said an all-party delegation should go to Delhi to seek assistance from the National Disaster Relief Fund.
The Coast Guard and NDRF team included divers who went deep inside the sea on Tuesday but their efforts did not yield any result
Gale-force winds reaching speeds of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph were experienced in districts
Patna is facing severe water-logging after it received heavy rains over the last three days
So far, NDRF teams have evacuated more than 26,400 people in various flood prone areas of the country
NDRF has sent a proposal to the Home Ministry for its air wing around six months ago