Extremely severe cyclonic storm Amphan is barreling towards the Indian coast in Bay of Benga. Cyclone Amphan is likely to make landfall between West Bengal’s Digha, some 180 km from Kolkata, and Hatiya island in Bangladesh on Wednesday afternoon or evening. It will pack sustained wind speed of 155 to 165 kmph, gusting at 185 kmph.
According to the latest weather update at 11:30 pm on Tuesday, the cyclone was over Bay of Bengal 510 km off the Digha coast in West Bengal or 360 km away from Paradip coast in Odisha. FOLLOW CYCLONE AMPHAN TRACKER & WEATHER
The two states, West Bengal and Odisha, have been put on red alert. Both West Bengal and Odisha have said that they have evacuated around three lakh people each from the coastal areas in the state.
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