New Delhi, India What is expected to be India's strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in nearly five years is barreling towards 100 million people on the east coast, causing officials to begin emergency evacuations.
On Thursday, Tropical Cyclone Fani had winds of 190 kmph with gusts of 201 kmph , making it equivalent in intensity to a Category 3 major hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale.It is expected to hit Odisha state on Friday afternoon.Cyclone Fani is due to make landfall in Odisha state on Friday.As Fani was classified as an"extremely severe cyclonic storm" in India, the country's Coast Guard and Navy deployed ships and helicopters for relief and rescue operations.
— Philip Klotzbach April 30, 2019 Fani, which is still about 270 kilometers off of the coast off India, strengthened rapidly on Monday and Tuesday, becoming the strongest storm to move through the Bay of Bengal this early in the year since Tropical Cyclone Nargis in 2008.Nargis went on to strike Myanmar with winds over 200 kph , bringing a devastating storm surge and flooding rainfall that resulted in more than 100,000 deaths in the country.
How are hurricanes named? 01:38The season doesn't have a defined start and end like the Atlantic basin season, but it does have two main periods of activity: late April to early June, and October to November.These two periods are prior to, and immediately following, India's southwest monsoon season. The southwest monsoon season lasts from June through September and provides India with the vast majority of its annual rainfall.
making landfall as Cat 3/4. its a disaster for low lying communties.
Climate change? Who knows
Hbu said I YYG ygvvvgw to gggg
AgentSaffron We survived Islamic invasion, bristish colonisation INCIndia backstabbings and Pappu's foolishness Cyclone fani is shit to us
No Fani business
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Bad weather ....Omg what do we do
nistula This is where it might have a landfall. Certainly not affecting a 100 million people.
Lord, please stop this cyclone and save your people!!!
So very concerned and heartbroken for the poor soul Non-Human Animals !!!
26% drop.
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The Cyclone is expected to hit coastal areas of Odisha and West Bengal.
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heartstoIndia
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The Weight of that must be tremendous. They should pick up their bags and look for a place to hide.
Beware about the Cyclone
G O D B L E S S
Seems scary but only when it arrives we will know the extent of it's ferocity & how much damage it does to life and property.
Windy Fani in India!
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I dont know. Could just be a tropical storm. Is just I don't believe in CNN anymore. 😒😒
Oh dear! CycloneFane India
Fani is Coming!
the worst one since all the way back in 2014?
We should tell them.
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