Amphan May Turn Into Super Cyclone, Hit Bengal, PM Calls Meeting At 4 pm: 10 Points

Cyclone Amphan, which turned in to an extremely severe storm overnight, is likely to intensify further to a “super cyclone” in the next 12 hours, the weather office has said. Two states- Bengal and Odisha – have been alerted over the storm, which is expected to make a landfall in Bengal on Wednesday. “The extremely severe cyclonic storm ”Amphan”, moving with a speed of 13 kmph over west-central and adjoining central parts of south Bay of Bengal, is likely to gain more strength and intensify further into a super cyclonic storm in the next 12 hours,” a statement by the India Meteorological Department or IMD read. The landfall is expected a time when the country is fighting against coronavirus, which has affected more than 96,000 people, killed more than 3,000.A year after it was hit by Cyclone Fani, Odisha is prepared to evacuated over 1 million people, according to the state officials. Twelve coastal districts – Ganjam, Gajapti, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Cuttack, Khurda and Nayagarh – are under a close watch.