Clouds loom over Kolkata as Cyclone Amphan barrels towards India’s eastern coast. (TOI image)
BRAND-NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Deteriorated however still packing a deadly punch,
cyclone Amphan
will make landfall close to Sundarbans in between Digha (West Bengal) and Hatiya Islands (Bangladesh) as an “exceptionally serious cyclonic storm” on Wednesday afternoon or evening, discarding heavy rain with howling winds at continual winds of 155-165 kmph, gusting to 185 kmph.
” Amphan is the most intense and the first very cyclone considering that the 1999 Odisha cyclone. We are handling a multi-hazard situation as the destructive winds are expected to cause substantial damage to structures, homes and trees,” said Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the India Meteorological Department.
Amphan, heightened as ‘incredibly cyclonic storm’ on Monday and remained because high wind speed scenario in the deep sea till Tuesday morning. Consequently, however, it somewhat decreased in intensity and will make landfall as an “incredibly severe cyclonic storm”. A