NEW DELHI: The India Meteorology Department (
IMD
) on Saturday said the deep anxiety over southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into a
Cyclonic storm
– called “Amphan”.
It will turn into an incredibly extreme Cyclonic storm with wind speed of 170 to 180 kmph, gusting to 200 kmph, on May 19 and bring “heavy to very heavy” rains in seaside Odisha and West Bengal for two days. The
Cyclone Amphan
is most likely to cross Odisha and West Bengal coasts by May20
” It is very likely to move north-northwestwards initially till May 17 an