The cyclone is expected to make landfall Friday morning near Puri with winds up to 200kmph and affect in different ways nine districts in Odisha, eight in Bengal and three in Andhra Pradesh. Cyclone Fani (pronounced Phoni, meaning snake) centred on Thursday morning over west-central Bay of Bengal about 210km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam and 610km south-southwest of Digha. Winds clocking 100kpm an hour are likely to blow in Calcutta, accompanied by driving rain from Friday night as cyclone Fani is expected to barrel into Bengal as a “severe cyclonic storm” after making landfall in Odisha on Friday morning. However, it will still be a cyclone when it reaches Calcutta, the weather office has said. Disaster relief teams and medical teams are on standby in Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Calcutta.

Source: The Telegraph May 03, 2019 00:33 UTC