Cyclone Fani: Air India resumes operation at Kolkata Airport

Kolkata The Air India on Saturday announced the recommencement of operation from 945 am at Kolkata Airport The Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA ordered the cancellation of all flights to and from Bhubaneswar and Kolkata airports due to cyclone Fani on ThursdayThe National carrier also stepped forward to help residents of Odisha affected by the Cyclone Fani and has decided to ship free of cost relief material to cycloneaffected areas by any NGO Civil society Self Help Group etcAir India National carrier Air India steps forward to help the residents of Odisha affected by CycloneFani If any NGO Civil society SHG etc wants to send relief materials to cyclone affected area of Odisha Air India would ship it free of costmdash ANI ANI May 4 2019After wreaking havoc at the Puri Bhubaneswar and other parts in Odisha on Friday cyclonic storm Fani made landfall in West Bengal early on Saturday Rain lashed Kolkata and other coastal towns in West BengalAccording to IMD the cyclone will weaken and move into Bangladesh by noon Severe Cyclone FANI weakened into a Cyclonic Storm and lay centered at 60 km NW of Kolkata at 0530 IST of 4th May To weaken into Deep Depression and move into Bangladesh by noon tweeted IMDIMD Severe CycloneFani weakened into a cyclonic storm and lay centered at 60 km NW of Kolkata at 0530 IST of 4th May To weaken into Deep Depression and move into Bangladesh by noon pictwittercom8BjSXQvyzamdash ANI ANI May 4 2019People of West Bengal heaved a sigh of relief as severe cyclonic storm Fani weakened on Saturday morning and was moving towards neighbouring Bangladesh a senior official of the regional meteorological centre said The city witnessed wind speeds of 3040 kmph with moderate to heavy rainfall overnight he said There was no report of any casualty or major damage in the districts through which the cyclone passed officials saidWest Bengal Clearing of uprooted trees from the road underway in Digha weather clear CycloneFani pictwittercomxMg1mdpNdnmdash ANI ANI May 4 2019Fani is likely to continue to move northnortheastwards and weaken further over the next six hours It is very likely to move further northnortheastwards and enter Bangladesh around noon as a deep depression with wind speeds of 5060 kmph gusting to 70 kmph Deputy Director General of the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata Sanjib Bandyopadhyay saidThe very severe cyclonic storm weakened into a severe cyclonic storm over the Odisha coast before moving further northnortheastwards and entering West Bengal through Kharagpur in West Midnapore around 1230 am on Saturday It has moved to Arambagh in Hooghly and is now in Nadia districtand is moving towards Murshidabad district Bandyopadhyay saidRain lashes Kolkata as CycloneFani hit West Bengal by crossing Kharagpur earlier today pictwittercomsP8ktKn2rRmdash ANI ANI May 4 2019A senior official said apart from a few mud houses collapsing and tress falling there were no reports of casualties from any of the districtsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates