Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal and Odisha tomorrow to examine the situation on the ground after Cyclone Amphan struck eastern states, leaving at least 72 dead and blowing up shacks, uprooting thousands of trees and flooding low-lying areas.
Earlier in the day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged the Prime Minister to visit the state to review the situation.
The Indian Meteorological Department said the cyclone will dissipate into a deep depression and depression, the two stages of which further weaken the cyclone, in the coming hours.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had previously warned people not to leave until the government's green signal.
She also said that a thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and squalls probably over Bihar; with lightning and gusty winds in isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and Meghalaya.
From NDTV News
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