: Amphan intensifies into super cyclone, PM Modi holds meeting to review preparedness #IndiaNEWS The extremely severe cyclonic storm Amphan, which is expected to make landfall between West Bengal and

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Amphan intensifies into super cyclone, PM Modi holds meeting to review preparedness #IndiaNEWS
The extremely severe cyclonic storm Amphan, which is expected to make landfall between West Bengal and Bangladesh on Wednesday, intensified into a super cyclone with winds of 200 km per hour on Monday afternoon, the India Meteorological Department said.The super cyclone is likely to cause heavy rainfall in parts of the Odisha coast. Isolated heavy rainfall is likely over Puri and Khorda districts on Tuesday and over North Odisha, the weather department added.On Wednesday, the super cyclone may marginally lose its strength and cross over to the West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts as an extremely severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 180 km per hour to 190 km per hour before landfall, the Hindustan Times reported. “All conditions are currently favourable for the development of a super cyclone,� said Sunita Devi, a scientist who is in charge of monitoring cyclones at the IMD. “The sea surface temperature is in the range of 30 to 31 degrees Celsius, as compared to an expected temperature of 28 degrees Celsius over the region. There is vertical wind shear and sufficient moisture in the air.� The IMD said this was the first time that super cyclones have been recorded in consecutive years, after Cyclone Kyarr in 2019 and Amphan now.Cyclone Amphan is also the...Read more

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