A senior official said alert was sounded in West Midnapore, North 24 Parganas, Howrah, and Hooghly districts, in Jhargram and the Sundarbans, besides Kolkata. Hotels on beaches have been asked to cancel bookings and tourists are being asked to return," a disaster management department official said. Disaster response force personnel have been deployed in areas likely to be impacted by the cyclone. She said she will be staying at Kharagpur in West Midnapore district for the next two days to oversee the rescue operation. Six National Disaster Response Force teams have been deployed at Digha in East Midnapore, Kakdwip and Dhamakhali in South 24 Parganas, Basirhat in North 24 Parganas, Kharagpur in West Midnapore and Sankrail in Howrah," the official said.

Source: dna May 02, 2019 19:30 UTC