PM Modi to review preparations to tackle Cyclone Tauktae

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an important meeting on Saturday to review preparations to deal with impending Cyclone Tauktae, said government sources.

Top officers from across government departments, including the National Disaster Management Authority, will attend the meeting, it said.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had  on Friday reported that the depression in the Arabian Sea is likely to intensify into a "very severe cyclonic storm" on May 17 and cross the Gujarat coast a day later.

The weather condition has intensified into a deep depression. It is very likely to further intensify into cyclonic storm ''Tauktae'' by Saturday morning and very likely to intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm by Saturday night, it added.

Meanwhile,  National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has earmarked 53 teams to tackle possible after effects of Cyclone ''Tauktae'' that is developing in the Arabian Sea.

(With PTI inputs)