Amphan to make landfall as extremely severe cyclonic storm

20 May 2020 / Bay of Bengal, India

Cyclone Amphan is forecast to will make landfall as an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’ later today (20 May) close to Sundarbans, between West Bengal's Digha and Bangladesh's Hatiya Islands. It will be accompanied with heavy rain and ferocious winds at sustained winds of 155-165 km per hour, gusting up to 185 kmph.

Amphan became the Bay of Bengal's fiercest cyclone this century after it intensified with sustained wind speeds of up to 270 km per hour.

This morning, it was centred about nearly 125 km south southeast of Paradip in Odisha and 240 km from Digha in West Bengal, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to coastal Odisha districts.

Cyclone Warning Signal No.8 has been sounded at Paradip port.

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