The Navy has sent four ships to help evacuate 800 tourists stranded at Havelock Islands in the Andamans because of heavy rain.
After the rain left hundreds of tourists stranded, the administration called the Navy early Wednesday morning.
The sudden evacuation mission was initiated at the request of the Andaman and Nicobar disaster management, which speculates that a "cyclonic storm" might struck Havelock, an island about 40 km from the state capital Port Blair.
The official said that because of heavy rain and winds, the difficulty tourists are facing is to reach the jetty to board the ships. The tourists are to be ferried from the Havelock Islands to Port Blair.
"We can't say as of now that the depression will turn into a cyclone," he said.
They expect the evacuation to be completed by the evening, he said.
A popular tourist destination known for its beaches, Havelock is the largest in the chain of islands that form the Ritchie's Archipelago and belongs to the Andamans.
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