The state of Odisha has also moved in thousands of disaster management personnel to help those living in mud-and-thatch homes in low-lying areas take shelter from Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani. With #CycloneFani predicted to intensify into an extremely severe cyclonic storm during next 12 hours, below is a graphic update on likely path and landfall. Two decades ago, a super-cyclone battered the coast of Odisha for 30 hours, killing 10,000 people. In 2013, a mass evacuation of nearly a million people saved thousands of lives. Tropical Storm Risk cyclone tracker labelled Fani a category 3 storm on a scale of a low 1 to a powerful 5.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 01, 2019 11:48 UTC