Cyclone Fani: 2 dead in Odisha as severe storm batters coastal districts

Bhubaneswar | Friday | 3rd May, 2019

Summary:

As many as two persons died in Odisha during cyclone Fani on Friday. Cyclone Fani hit the Odisha coast at around 8 am with powerful winds of 145 kilometres per hour on Friday. Fani made a landfall at Odisha's Puri at speeds of up to 200 kilometres (125 miles) per hour. Mritunjay Mohapatra, in-charge of the Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department, said the process of landfall will continue for the next three hours. A cyclone making a landfall implies that the first arm of the cyclone has reached the land..