Cyclone Fani weakens, to move towards Bengal

May 03, 2019 14:26

The extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani that made landfall at Puri on Friday morning with a wind speed of around 245 kmph has weakened into a very severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of approximately 150-160 kmph.

As it continues to move north, north East, it is likely to further weaken into a "severe cyclonic storm" said the IMD.

"Fani weakened into VSCS at 1130 IST near 20.2N/85.9E about 10 km east of Bhubaneswar & 30 km south of Cuttack. To move NNE and weaken into SCS," IMD tweeted.

The system is likely to weaken gradually and emerge into Gangetic West Bengal as a "severe cyclonic storm" by the early morning of May 4.

Thereafter, it is expected to move further north-northeastwards and emerge into Bangladesh by May 4 evening as a cyclonic storm.

Mrityunjay Mohapatra, IMD official, Delhi, said,"As Fani weakens and moves north-northeastwards, by evening it may weaken into a severe cyclonic storm over the extreme northern part of Odisha."

"It has moved away from Andhra Pradesh, so, we have issued a de-warning. Three districts in the state were impacted by heavy rainfall," he said. -- ANI

Image: A traffic police personnel sits inside a kiosk during rainfall in Kolkata. Photograph: PTI Photo

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