Cyclone Gulna will hit the coast of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh this evening. The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert in the northern areas of Andhra Pradesh and southern areas of Odisha. After the warning of the Meteorological Department, relief and rescue work has started in both states. 24 teams of NDRF, 42 teams of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force have been deployed in Odisha. According to reports, 1600 people have been evacuated to a safe place so far. Cyclone Gulna will hit the Coast.
On Sunday evening, this storm will hit the coast near Kalingapatnam between northern Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam) and southern Odisha (Gopalpur). During this, the speed of winds will be between 75 kmph to 85 kmph. Winds can reach up to 95 kmph as the storm intensifies. This storm will move continuously in the west direction till South Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Goa, and Gujarat. During this, there is a possibility of heavy to very heavy rain in all these areas from Sunday to Tuesday morning.
According to the Meteorological Department, Pakistan has given this storm the name Gulab. However, The correct way of speaking is called Gul-Aab. The name is drawn from a list prepared by the World Meteorological Institute/United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific and the Panel on Cyclonic Storms. So In this panel, there are 13 countries including India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka which choose the names of storms coming in this region.
