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Cyclone Warnings🌪️🌪️🌪️Cyclone Amphan

#Cyclone Warnings🌪️🌪️🌪️Cyclone Amphan

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ബംഗാൾ ഉൾടലിൽ രൂപംകൊണ്ട  ഉം_പുൻ ചുഴലിക്കാറ്റ്  വൈകിട്ടോടെ അതിതീവ്ര ചുഴലിക്കാറ്റായി മാറുമെന്ന്  ഇന്ത്യൻ കാലാവസ്ഥ നീരീക്ഷണ കേന്ദ്രം, ഐഎംഡി  അറിയിച്ചു.

⛈⛈ഇന്നും നാളെയും കേരളത്തിലും ഇടിമിന്നലോടു കൂടിയ ശക്തമായ മഴയ്ക്ക് സാധ്യത ഉണ്ട്.

Bengal, Odisha on alert as deep depression intensifies into  #Amphan cyclonic storm.

It is very likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours and into a very severe cyclonic storm by 18th morning.


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Vineesh V
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Directorate of Education,
Government of Kerala.
https://g.page/vineeshvc

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