Very severe cyclone forecast over the Bay of Bengal
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- On October 25, a well-marked low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal was expected to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm.
- IMD forecast landfall between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam on the Andhra Pradesh coast by the morning of October 28.
- Sustained winds were projected at 115–125 kmph, gusting to 140 kmph, with red alerts for 12 Andhra Pradesh and five Odisha districts.
- Odisha deployed 60 Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force units and 17 National Disaster Response Force units, while vulnerable residents were to be evacuated.
- exam_relevance: tests IMD warning terminology, Bay of Bengal cyclone intensification and the zero-casualty disaster-management model; UPSC has repeatedly asked cyclone formation, warning stages and institutional response.
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