Cyclone Fani to make landfall between 8-11 am

May 03, 2019 08:42

Cyclone Fani has started making its impact felt in the Odisha coast, the weather office said.

"The impact of landfall process has started. Fani will make a landfall between 8-11 am. In the morning it was 70 km south-southwest of Puri. It is moving now," said HR Biswas, director, Met Dept, Bhubaneswar.

The impact of the landfall is likely to continue till noon and after that, the cyclone is expected to move north-westwards and gradually weaken as it reaches West Bengal by early tomorrow morning.

The Odisha government has already evacuated lakhs of people from the coastal areas to camps on higher grounds.

The Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and disaster management agencies are on fully prepared and on stand-by.

Image: Rain and strong winds hit Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh as Cyclone Fani is expected to make a landfall in Odisha today. Photograph: ANI

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