Cyclone Amphan, Weather Forecast First Foll of cyclone in odisha and kolkata
Cyclone Amphan, Weather Forecast First Fall of cyclone touches land. Cyclone Amphan Updates: Extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Amphan' made landfall at 2.30 pm today between Digha in West Bengal and Hatiya island in Bangladesh, the meteorological department said. The landfall process, triggering copious rain and gusty winds in Odisha and Bengal, will continue for about four hours. National Disaster Response Force (NDRC) chief SN Pradhan said more five Lakh people have been evacuated in West Bengal and 1,58,640 people in Odisha. "The forward sector of the wall cloud region is entering into land in West Bengal. The intensity of the cyclone near its centre as the landfall process started was recorded at 160-170 kmph, gusting to 190 kmph," said the official.