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Deep Depression forms over North Andaman Sea weakens, moves towards Maynmar Coastline

Deep Depression formed over the North Andaman Sea has weakened in the last few hours and is moving northwards towards Maynmar Coastline. It has missed the northernmost part of A&N Islands and is likely to cross Myanmar coast as a depression this afternoon.

All precautionary measures were put in place by the Administration to mitigate the possible ill effects. However, except for moderate rainfall received at various places in the A&N islands, no major effect has been observed in the last two-three days.

In Port Blair only 7.2 mm rainfall was received till 5:30 AM. Today the sky is clear and sun appears after two days of rain.

Taking precautionary measures, all tourism activities in A&N Islands remain suspended till today.

The Directorate of Disaster Management is closely monitoring the ongoing situation. Quick response and incident response teams have been formed at state to district level. State control room emergency numbers operating 24X7 to tackle the situation.

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