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Odisha has also urged the Centre to temporarily suspend the special trains for migrants passing through areas that fall in the direction of the cyclone.
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Cyclone Amphan puts Odisha, West Bengal on alert, Naveen Patnaik sets zero casualty target
Fishing boats anchored at the Puri beach after authorities warned fishermen not to venture into the sea in the view of Cyclone Amphan, at Konark in Puri district on Saturday. | PTI
The India Meteorological Department on Sunday said the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal that has intensified into the cyclonic storm “Amphan” is likely to bring moderate to heavy rainfall to coastal Odisha and West Bengal in the next two days.
“Coastal Odisha is likely to experience light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy falls at isolated places from 18th May evening,” the weather department’s bulletin on Sunday said. “Rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places on 19th May and isolated heavy rainfall over north coastal Odisha on 20th May 2020