Odisha Cyclone  

Just months after Cyclone Fani disrupted normal life in Odisha, the state government has put all districts on high alert after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast a depression in the region in the subsequent 48 hours

Facebook group named Rise Up Forum has already sent the first set of 200 relief packets to Odisha. They are collecting tarpaulin sheets, sleeping mats, bed sheets, sanitary napkins, candles, etc.   
 

A group of 30 members, in the first phase, will reach Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on Saturday from Palakkad, Kerala. According to sources, the Kerala State Electricity Board has decided to send 200 people from the team to Odisha. 

NASA on Thursday published some satellite images of the destruction caused by the cyclone Fani in Odisha on its online publishing outlet Earth Observatory
 

The very severe cyclonic storm weakened into a severe cyclonic storm over the Odisha coast, before moving further north-northeastwards and entering West Bengal through Kharagpur in West Midnapore around 12.30 am on Saturday.

The trains travelling through the area which are expected to be hit by Cyclone Fani have been cancelled and diverted

Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) BP Sethi said the cyclone has "weakened into a deep depression", triggering continuous rainfall in the states.