Cyclone Amphan has been compared to 1999 Super Cyclone in Odisha.
Here are the top five facts at this hour on Cyclone Amphan:
A storm surge of a height of about four-five metres above the astronomical tide will inundate the low-lying coastal areas in Bengal, India Meteorological Department director general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has said.
Wind speed has picked up near coastal Odisha and is blowing at around 100 km per hour at Paradip, National Disaster Response Force chief SN Pradhan said this morning. The storm along with the coronavirus fight pose a double challenge for the country, he had said on Tuesday.
Nearly 1.3 lakh people have been evacuated in Odisha, more than 3 lakh in Bengal as rescue operations continue. In Bangladesh, more than 20 million have been evacuated to safety.
Amphan is expected to pack winds gusting up to 185 kilometres per hour when it crosses the Indian coast.
Navy is constantly monitoring developments in Bay of Bengal. Naval ships have been kept on standby in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam.
