The state of Odisha has also mobilized thousands of disaster management staff to help people living in muddy houses in low-lying areas sheltering from the violent Fani storm.
"We are trying our best to inform people about the storm and move these vulnerable people to shelter," said Bish Bishnupada Sethi, Odisha state’s special relief commissioner.
Authorities urged visitors to leave the coastal town of Puri, a sacred destination of Hindu pilgrims.
The Indian hurricane season usually lasts from April to December with violent storms, leaving tens of thousands of people evacuated, or killing many people on a large scale and damaging crops and property, even in India. India and Bangladesh.
Authorities at Paradip and Visakhapatnam ports have ordered ships to move out of the sea to avoid damage.
"Activities at Port Paradip will stop from the evening of May 1, all vessels have been asked to leave the port," SK Mishra, traffic manager at Port Paradip, told Reuters.
Two decades ago, a super typhoon collapsed Odisha coast in 30 hours, killing 10,000 people. In 2013, a mass evacuation of nearly one million people saved thousands of lives.
Tropical Storm Risk Tropical Storm Risk monitor Fani is a strong level 3 hurricane on a 5-level hurricane scale.
