Cyclone Fani: Here are the helpline numbers you might need

Cyclone Fani, classified as the equivalent of a Category 3 or 4 hurricane, is set to hit Odisha today, with wind speeds likely reaching as high as 200 kilometers per hour. The Navy and the coast guard have deployed ships and helicopters for relief operations, according to a government statement.

Cyclone Fani to cross Odisha Coast between Gopalpur and Chandbali around Puri with speed 170-180 kmph gusting to 200 kmph. Landing process likely to continue till afternoon; likely to enter West Bengal as Severe Cyclonic Storm of 90-100 kmph gusting to 115 kmph, NDMA India tweeted.

As many as 223 trains along the Odisha coastline in the Kolkata-Chennai route have been cancelled in view of cyclone Fani which is likely to hit the eastern state by May 3, Railways said.


Railways has also pressed into service three special trains to ferry passengers.

No flights will take off from midnight today for the next 24 hrs from Bhubaneswar Airport, and no flight will depart or arrive at Kolkata airport between 9.30 pm of May 3 and 6 pm of May 4.

Here are the helpline numbers you might need:

Odisha’s emergency helpline number for Cyclone Fani +916742534177

Control room number of different districts have been issued

The Railways has also released helpline numbers:

Bhubaneswar- (0674-2303060, 2301525, 2301625)

Khurda Road (0674-2490010, 2492511, 2492611)

Sambalpur (0663- 2532230, 2533037, 2532302)

Visakhapatnam – (0891- 2746255, 1072)

Puri- 06752-225922

Bhadrak- 06784-230827

Cuttack- 0671-2201865

Berhampur- 0680-2229632