Cyclonic Storm Fani is expected to make landfall on Friday afternoon, according to the Indian weather service.
This May 1, 2019, satellite image obtained courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Cyclone Fani intensifying in the Bay of Bengal.BHUBANESWA - Nearly 800,000 people in India's eastern coastal districts have been evacuated ahead of the expected arrival of a major cyclone packing winds of up to 200 kilometres per hour, officials said on Thursday.
The Indian weather service said Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani is expected to make landfall on Friday afternoon near the Hindu holy town of Puri.A state relief department official told AFP that 780,000 people were moved to safer places overnight from at least 13 districts of Odisha state that will bear the brunt of the powerful cyclone.Some 1,000 shelters in schools and government buildings have been set up to accommodate more than a million people.
On Thursday the storm, which reports said was the biggest to hit eastern India in nearly two decades, was brewing in the Bay of Bengal some 450 kilometres offshore and moving westwards.The cyclone was expected to pack sustained wind speeds of 180-190 kmh, bringing gusts of up to 200 kmh, and is equivalent in strength to a Category 3 to 4 hurricane.
Odisha had to evacuate some 300,000 people last October when its coastal districts were battered by cyclone Titli, with winds up to 150 kmh per hour and heavy rains.
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