Sri Lanka, Cyclone Ditwah and India
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India launched 'Operation Sagar Bandhu' to aid Sri Lanka following the devastation triggered by Cyclone Ditwah. Swinging into swift action, India has helped its neighbour with HADR operations, rescue and relief, to provide aid and assistance to the country.
The weakening storm follows a catastrophic landfall in Sri Lanka, where the death toll climbed to 334, with more than 300 people still missing, local disaster management authorities said. India has deployed assistance for ongoing rescue and relief operations there.
Rains triggered by Cyclone Ditwah continued in several parts of Tamil Nadu as it is expected to move parallel to the coastline of northern parts of the state and neighbouring Puducherry in the next 24 hours,
Cyclone Ditwah live updates: Cyclone Ditwah on Sunday weakened into a deep depression as it lay centred over the southwest Bay of Bengal within a minimum distance of 30 km from the coasts of North Tamil Nadu and Puducherry by the morning of December 1, the India Meteorological Department said. ...Read More
Amaravati: Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar alerted officials in the cyclone-affected regions and interacted through teleconference with officers from the South Coastal and
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said that the deep depression, the remnant of Cyclonic Storm Ditwah, currently centred over the southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts,
Cyclone Ditwah, which earlier triggered high alert in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and South Andhra Pradesh, has now weakened into a deep depression, bringing relief as weather conditions begin to improve.
Over 11 lakh people have been affected, and more than two lakh people have been displaced and shifted to temporary shelters