NOAAPowerful cyclone Fani has forced the evacuation of nearly a million people as it threatens to make landfall on the east coast of India, off the Bay of Bengal. Fani now has sustained winds of 250kph -- just 10km less than the 1999 Odisha Cyclone, the strongest in India's history," meteorologist Eric Holthaus wrote on Twitter. UPDATE Cyclone #Fani has rapidly intensified from a Category 3 to a strong Category 4. #Fani now has sustained winds of 250kph -- just 10km less than the 1999 Odisha Cyclone, the strongest in India's history. pic.twitter.com/U6nHzYGRMv — Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) May 2, 2019That 1999 storm would leave over 10,000 people dead and many more homeless by damaging over a million homes.

Source: Forbes May 02, 2019 15:45 UTC