PM Modi to hold crucial meeting to review preparations to deal with Cyclone Tauktae

KEY STORY

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold an important meeting on Saturday to review preparations to deal with impending Cyclone Tauktae, government sources said.

• Top officers from across government departments, including the National Disaster Management Authority, will attend the meeting, they said.

• The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had said on Friday that the depression in the Arabian Sea is likely to intensify into a “very severe cyclonic storm” on May 17 and cross the Gujarat coast a day later,

CONLUSION

• The weather condition has intensified into a deep depression. It is very likely to further intensify into cyclonic storm ‘Tauktae’ by Saturday morning and very likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm by Saturday night, it had said.

• The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has earmarked 53 teams to tackle possible after-effects of Cyclone ‘Tauktae’ that is developing in the Arabian Sea.