Amphan is only the 2nd “super cyclone” to form in the northeastern Indian Ocean since records began. It is going to make a Landfall in a few hours.
Kolkata| Cylone Amphan, which is likely to hit Bengal today between 4 and 6 PM, is causing strong winds and heavy rain in parts of Odisha and Bengal as it nears the coast.
Heavy rain and strong wind battered coastal Odisha districts as the super cyclone Amphan hurtled towards the coast on Wednesday morning.
Trees were uprooted and power infrastructure suffered damage following strong wind. The port town of Paradip recorded the highest wind speed of 106 kmph followed by Chandbali with 74 kmph, Balasore 59 kmph and Bhubaneswar 56 kmph.
Kolkata, which is close to the coast, is on alert. The airport in Bengal’s capital has been shut till 5 am tomorrow.
Glimpses of #Amphan: Bay of Bengal at #Digha today morning at 10.00 am #AmphanCyclone #CycloneAmphan pic.twitter.com/KQUpbsIU4a
— Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar (@mcbbsr) May 20, 2020
Visuals from Sagar Island, West Bengal#CycloneAmphan #CyclonicStormAMPHAN pic.twitter.com/UBgZnnjS1X
— DD News (@DDNewslive) May 20, 2020
Pradhan said that on May 20, when super cyclone makes landfall it will be an extremely severe cyclonic storm.
“Cyclone ‘Amphan’ will cause heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in coastal districts of West Bengal. West Bengal districts of East Medinipur, South and North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, Kolkata are likely to be worst affected by the cyclone,” said Centre.
At least 40 National Disaster Response Force teams have been deployed on the ground while 12 others are ready in reserve. An additional 24 teams are also on standby in other parts of the nation. The Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) and Fire Services have also been deployed to curb the situation.
India is already in the middle highly contagious novel coronavirus outbreak while preparing for another destruction stepping towards her.
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