Cyclone Fani makes landfall: Here are the helpline numbers

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Updated: May 04, 2019 16:31 IST

The Home ministry has operationalised a helpline number 1938 to handle situations arising from ‘extremely severe’ cyclone Fani that made landfall in Odisha’s Puri on Friday morning with strong winds and heavy rainfall.

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The Odisha government has already evacuated nearly one million people and shifted them to safer areas, Shelters have been set up in all coastal districts and 5000 kitchens are operational. The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) and Coast Guard teams are also on alert.

The emergency numbers for all districts of Odisha were also shared by All India Radio News.

#Odisha’s emergency helpline number for #CycloneFani +916742534177, Control room number of different districts:- pic.twitter.com/aMoXKgDFJf — All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) May 3, 2019

The storm made landfall at arounfd 8.30 am and will completely cross the land by noon, the Met office said

The cyclone moved close to north coastal Andhra before it made landfall in neighbouring Odisha.

Under its impact, gusty winds with speed reaching up to 140 kmph lashed the coastal area of Srikakulam district.

Srikakulam District Collector J. Nivas said three houses were damaged due to the winds but there was no loss of life.

Here are the helpline numbers:

Angul- 06764230980

Balasore - 06782262286

Baragarh - 0664623112

Bhadrak - 06784251881

Bolangir - 06652232452

Boudh - 06841222023

Cuttack - 06712507842

Deogarh - 06641226843

Dhenkanal - 06762226507

Gajapati - 06815222943

Ganjam - 06811263978

Jagatsinghpur - 06724220368

Jaipur - 06728222648

Jharsuguda - 06645272902

Kalahandi - 06670230455

Kandhamal - 06842253650

Kendrapara - 06727232803

Keonjhar - 06766255437

Khurda - 06755220002

Koraput - 06852251381

Mlkangiri - 06861230442

Mayurbhanj - 06792252759

Nawarangapur - 06868222434

Nayagrah - 06753252978

Nuapada - 06678225357

Puri - 06752223237

Rayagada - 06856224062

Sambalpur - 06632412407

Subarnapur - 06654220362

Sundargarh - 06622272233