Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Mrutyunjay Mohapatra informed the National Crisis Management Department (NCMC) meeting chaired by Vizianagaram and Vishakhapatnam districts in Andhra Pradesh, and Ganjam and Gajapati districts in Odisha.

Commissioner, Disaster Management, K.Kanna Babu has directed the officials of various departments to be prepared for any emergency in view of cyclone, likely to make a landfall between Kalingapatnam and Gopalpur, around midnight.

In a review meeting with the District Collector, Joint Collector, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner and district-level officials, he directed the officials and employees of A.P.EPDCL, GVMC, Fisheries, Revenue, Fire Service, Police and R & B Department to be ready with the equipment to undertake emergency relief operations on the need.

Fisherman should be prevented from going out to sea and those already at sea should be asked to return to the shore immediately.

An NDRF team with 22 members was ready with the required equipment at Gajuwaka and one SDRF team with 25 members and necessary equipment is ready at the RDOs Office in Visakhapatnam.

The weather department has predicted more heavy rain fail in Mumbai and suburban areas over the next few hours.  Around 8 am on Friday morning, the IMD said that more rainfall is expected over the next 2-3 hours.

Several long-lying areas in the suburbs of Mumbai have already have already reported waterlogging. Meanwhile, a high tide of 4.08 metres is expected at 4:26 pm, which can cause a further crisis.

At 7 am on Friday, Mumbai IMD had said Mumbai and surrounding areas will receive intense spells of rainfall accompanied by lightning. IMD Mumbai has confirmed that similar predictions have been made for Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, and parts of Raigad district adjoining the Arabian Sea.

The heavy rainfall in Mumbai along with the waterlogging is bound to disrupt traffic movement in the city. Train and air traffic routes remain clear as of now.

Water has entered some of the train tracks in the area such as Chunabhatti and Sion. The Mumbai bus operators have already announced 13 bus diversions in the Kurla and Sion area of Mumbai.