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Cyclone Amphan LIVE Updates: Cyclone begins landfall, process to last for four hours
Remember the super cyclone of 1999 that devastated Odisha? Now, the IMD says that Cyclone Amphan that is likely to hit parts of India will be similar to that. As per weathermen, the cyclonic storm has intensified rapidly and is expected to hit Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and a few other parts of India in the next 24 hours. Odisha has already been lashed by heavy rains after the super cyclone Amphan weakened to extremely severe cyclonic storm.
The Met predicts torrential rains in Odisha and West Bengal and also warned of extensive damage in Kolkata and other parts of Bengal.
As a precautionary measure the Odisha government has warned migrants returning home from other states to stay put in view of the approaching storm. The state is also likely to use the SMS alert system to evacuate residents in case the situation goes out of control. The Indian coast guard has also alerted fishing boats, international vessels and merchant vessels.
Here are the latest updates on cyclone Amphan:
Live Updates
- 19 May 2020 5:46 PM GMT
As on today evening, Amphan had maximum sustained winds of 213 km/h (132 mph), the equivalent of a strong Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic or East Pacific Oceans.
- 19 May 2020 5:44 PM GMT
Public announcements being made in Digha in West Bengal for shifting to safer places. Nearly 15000 people been shifted to nearest flood centres
Public announcements being made in Digha in West Bengal for shifting to safer places. Nearly 15000 people been shifted to nearest flood centres@PMOIndia @narendramodi @NDRFHQ @ndmaindia @FinMinIndia @PIB_India pic.twitter.com/7hYVsd8nbB
— PIB in West Bengal 🇮🇳 #StayHome #StaySafe (@PIBKolkata) May 19, 2020 - 19 May 2020 5:39 PM GMT
Powerful Cyclone Amphan will pose an extreme risk to lives and property across northeast India and Bangladesh when it makes landfall Wednesday evening local time reports AccuWeather
Powerful Cyclone #Amphan will pose an extreme risk to lives and property across northeast India and Bangladesh when it makes landfall Wednesday evening local time. https://t.co/73M7LbDau5 pic.twitter.com/33aDt61cca
— AccuWeather (@breakingweather) May 19, 2020 - 19 May 2020 5:35 PM GMT
The super cyclone 'Amphan' has weakened into an extremely severe cyclonic storm as it approaches towards the West Bengal coast. The Meteorological Department has warned of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over the north coastal Odisha and gangetic West Bengal.
