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DIG of The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Mohsen Shahidi has said that the current information from the IMD is that the severe cyclonic storm has now transformed into a cyclonic storm. Talking to media he said, the wind speed which was earlier about 110 to 120 kilometres per hour during landfall, now has come down to 60 to 70 kilometres per hour.
Mr Shahidi said, that is a big relief and it is expected that by evening today, this will further change into a deep depression. He said, one person has died in Kolkata due to wall collapse.
The NDRF DIG said, restoration work is in progress and 14 teams of NDRF are deployed in major affected areas in West Bengal and six SDRF teams are also deployed to assist. He said, apart from the 14 teams in West Bengal, one team of NDRF stationed in Tripura as a precautionary measure.
Cyclonic Storm Remal Weakened and Slowly Going Towards North and North East
The severe cyclonic storm Remal has weakened into a cyclonic storm and is slowly going towards North and North East. It had converted into a cyclonic storm this morning and it is centred around 24 kilometres from Bangladesh’s Mangla in the forenoon. Its centre is located 90 kilometre away from Kolkata in the east direction and is progressing towards Assam and Meghalaya.
India Meteorological Department Director General, Dr Mrutunjay Mohapatra told media in New Delhi that the adverse weather will continue to normalise in West Bengal. He added that heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected only today in eastern districts of the state and there is no forecast of extreme rainfall today.