Cyclone Vardah likely to cross near Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh coasts

All operational ships have been readied up and kept standby to undertake Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations including evacuation.

Naval aircrafts are also standing by at the Naval Air Stations to undertake reconnaissance, rescue, casualty evacuation and air drop of relief material to the stranded. Port Warning Signal No. 7 kept hoisted in Krishnapatnam, Vodarevu while Warning Signal No. was hoisted in Nizampatnam, Machilipatnam. The remaining ports in the state have hoisted Warning Signal No.2.

(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)