Cyclone Fani, a severe cyclonic storm, made landfall impact on Friday, May 3, 2019 around 8.00 a.m. south of Puri on the Odisha coast. The Ministry of Home Affairs has operationalised Helpline Number 1938 for cyclone Fani, the Ministry's official twitter account tweeted. Extremely severe cyclonic storm 25 km south of BhubaneswarAs of 10.30 a.m. on Friday, the extremely severe cyclonic storm lay centered near Lat. THE EXTREMELY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM “FANI” LAY CENTERED AT 0830 HOURS IST OF TODAY, 03rd MAY, 2019 NEAR LAT. GOPALPUR & PURI REPORTED WIND SPEED OF 53 (100 KMPH) & 38 KNOTS (70 KMPH) RESPECTIVELY AT 0630 HRS IST OF TODAY.

Source: The Hindu May 03, 2019 01:59 UTC