Prime Minister Modi will review the devastation and damage caused by Cyclone Emphon in these states. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will conduct an aerial survey of the affected areas of both states and participate in review meetings. 

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had on Thursday appealed to Prime Minister Modi to visit the state, after which PMO sources informed about PM Modi’s visit on Friday. A fund of Rs 1,000 crore has been created for the restoration work for the affected areas, 72 people have died in the state due to the storm. They have announced a compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh to the families of the deceased. 

PM Modi will conduct a special survey with Banerjee and conduct an aerial survey of the North 24 and South 24 Parganas districts and assess the damage. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also go to Odisha after West Bengal. According to sources, he will conduct an aerial survey with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at around 1.30 pm due to the devastation caused by cyclone Emphon in the state.

Meanwhile, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General SN Pradhan said on Thursday that a team from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) would visit the states (Odisha and West Bengal) to evaluate the damage done by the cyclonic orphans.

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According to the Meteorological Department, it has moved from west-central and east-central Bay of Bengal to north-north-east at 14 kilometers per hour in the last 6 hours and today at 5:30 am 520 kilometers south-central Bay of Bengal at Paradip I was focused 

Earlier India Meteorological Department (IMD) had informed that the cyclone is likely to cross the north-western Bay of Bengal and move towards the northeast. A cyclonic storm will reach the Amphn extremes near Sunderbans between Digha and Hatia Islands between West Bengal-Bangladesh during this afternoon / evening.

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People shifted to cyclone center

Odisha: Residents of the coastal areas of Jagatsinghpur were shifted to a cyclone center last night to protect them from the heavy rains and winds caused by heavy cyclone Emphon.

‘Amphon’ transformed into a super cyclone on Monday 

The Meteorological Department’s cyclone emfan was 600 km south of Paradip (Odisha) and 750 km southwest of Digha (West Bengal) at 11.30 pm on Monday. Cyclone ‘Amphon’ turned into a super cyclone on Monday. This is the second event of a cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal turning into a super cyclone. According to the news agency PTI, it is likely to cause heavy destruction. Arrangements have been made to relocate the people living in the coastal areas of West Bengal and Odisha to safe places.

There is a possibility of hitting the coast of Bengal on Wednesday

Super Cyclone Amphon is expected to hit the coast of Bengal from Wednesday afternoon to evening. According to IMD Director General M. Mohapatra, Amphon will hit the coast of Bengal at a speed of 175 to 195 kilometers per hour after Wednesday afternoon. The storm between Digha near Bengal and Hatia Island in Bangladesh will cause major damage to the coastal region of Bengal.

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