Bhubaneswar: Indian Meteorological Department Chief and ‘Cyclone man’ Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has clarified that the low pressure which is brewing over the South Andaman Sea is not going to hit the Indian coastline.
Talking to Ommcom News, he said: “The low pressure is persisting without further intensification. It is not expected to intensify further in the next five days. It will have no impact on Odisha coast or Indian coastline. We have not registered any signs of cyclone, as of now. It will have impact only on south Andaman Sea and Nicobar Islands.”
“No warning has been sent for any coast in India. We haven’t predicted any cyclone or depression to hit any part of the coastal India. And the whole area is under observational watch for any further development,” he further clarified.
Mohapatra and his team at IMD Cyclone Warning Division had accurately forecasted the landfall of severe cyclonic storm Fani which enabled timely evacuation and saved millions of lives in Odisha last year.
