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Cyclone 'Fani' makes landfall in Puri near Odisha on Friday morning at 08.00 Hours with speed of gusting 180-200 kmph. </strong></li><li><strong>According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), as at 6.30am on Friday Fani was around 70 km away from the south-southwest of Puri.</strong></li></ul>The ‘extremely severe’ Cyclonic storm 'Fani' has begun making landfall in Puri near Odisha as of 8 am on Friday morning with speed of gusting 180-200 kmph. Despite the government disaster management measures, The cyclone is going to affect as many as 10,000 villages. <br /><br />
  
  
  
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<br />Nearly a million people have already been evacuated by Indian authorities; the storm is the most severe cyclone since 1999.<br /><br />
  
  
  
  
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According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), At 6.30am on Friday Fani was around 70 km away from the south-southwest of Puri. <br />
	
	
	
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At 5.30pm on Thursday ‘Fani’ was located at a distance of 320 km South from Puri. It hit Odisha coast between Gopalpur and Chandbali around Puri. The cyclone is expected to move towards West Bengal with a speed of 115 Kmph. Moreover, the cyclone is expected to move towards north-east region and emerge into Bangladesh on Saturday Evening, said IMD.<br />Storm surge of about 1.5 metres height above astronomical tide is very likely to inundate low lying areas of Ganjam, Khurda, Puri and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha at the time of landfall. <br />
	
	
	
	
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<br />The affect of landfall has already begun. North Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha are receiving light. <br /><br />The IMD said sea conditions are "very likely to be very rough" to high off north Tamilnadu, Puducherry, along and south Andhra Pradesh coasts till Friday. Fishermen have been advised not to venture into deep sea areas. It warned that the cyclone is likely to cause damages to all types of houses, communication and power poles, road and rail infrastructure. <br /><br />The Odisha government said that around 900 cyclone shelters have been made ready to house the evacuees. "It is estimated that a total of 1150,000 people will have to be moved to safer areas, of which about 330,000 people have already been evacuated," a statement said. <br />
	
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<br />Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) have been put in place.<br /><br />Sinha directed establishment of a central toll free helpline for the general public and asked the Central ministries to set up control rooms to coordinate rescue and relief operations. <br /><br />The Civil Aviation Ministry informed that flight operations from Bhubaneswar were suspended from midnight of Thursday, while operations from Kolkata airport also will remain suspended from Friday morning until conditions improve. <br /><br />The railways have already suspended operations of trains in Odisha and all trains in Bhadrak-Vizianagaram section (of the Kolkata-Chennai route) has been cancelled till Saturday. A total of 140 trains including 83 passenger trains have been cancelled so far.<br /><br />The Indian Coast Guard and the Navy have deployed ships and helicopters for relief and rescue operations while the Army and Air Force units in the states have also been put on standby. <br />

Cyclone 'Fani' makes landfall on India’s East coast

<ul><li><strong>The deep depression in the Arabian Sea strengthened into a cyclonic storm 'Nisarga' on Tuesday morning and will make landfall close to Alibag, 94 kms south of Mumbai on the afternoon of June 3.</strong></li><li><strong>Landfall is when the eye of the cyclone move to land after being on the water<br /></strong></li><li><strong>A landfall often carries heavy winds, lashing rains, increasing sea level that can pose threat to people living in the neighbouring region. </strong></li></ul> The deep depression in the Arabian Sea strengthened into a cyclonic storm 'Nisarga' on Tuesday morning and will make landfall close to Alibag, 94 kms south of Mumbai on the afternoon of June 3.<br /><br />It will make landfall as a 'severe cyclonic storm' with a wind speed of 100-110 kmh gusting to 120 kmh.<br /><br />The cyclonic storm is currently located 280 km west-southwest of Panjim (Goa), 430km south-southwest of Mumbai (Maharashtra) and 640 km south-southwest of Surat (Gujarat). <br /><br /><strong>What is Landfall? <br /></strong><br />According to the US National Hurricane Center, “A Landfall is the intersection of the center of a tropical cyclone with a coastline.” In other words, landfall is when the eye of the cyclone move to land after being on the water. This does not mean that cyclone has ‘hit the land’ or arrived. The cyclone arrives hours before the landfall bringing rainfall and dust storms.<br /><br />A landfall often carries heavy winds, lashing rains, increasing sea level that can pose threat to people living in the neighbouring region. <br /><br />Hurricane or cyclone can start losing its energy and speed after hitting the land as they get energy from the warm ocean water. However, that doesn't happen so quickly. <br /><br />Often, the cyclone can move over to land, its wind field tends to increase. Thus, it can affect a larger area than what scientists may have calculated. A larger wind field along the coast results in storms and rising ocean waves. <br /><br />SEE ALSO: <br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/environment/news/cyclone-amphan-the-strongest-storm-ever-can-cause-large-scale-damage-to-structures-say-indian-authorities/articleshow/75827832.cms">Amphan, the strongest storm ever, "can cause large scale damage to structures", say Indian authorities</a>

Here’s what a cyclone making ‘landfall’ means

The Cyclonic storm ‘Fani' is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/cyclone-fani-what-is-a-landfall/articleshow/69149542.cms">expected to make a landfall</a> on the Odisha coast between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Friday with a wind speed ranging up to 180 km per hour. The government is making special efforts to control the potential damages by mass evacuation of over 800,000 people. <br /><br />The name of the Cyclone ‘Fani’, pronounced as ‘Foni’ was suggested by Bangladesh. It means ‘Snake’ or ‘hood of snake’. <br /><br />The practice of naming the cyclones began when authorities found it difficult to use technical names to send warning signals to people. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has a <a href="https://public.wmo.int/en/About-us/FAQs/faqs-tropical-cyclones/tropical-cyclone-naming">well-defined process to select the name </a>of each cyclone. <br /><br />India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan and Thailand send names of tropical cyclones developing in the North Indian Ocean to the regional committee. Presently, each country has suggested eight names for cyclones occurring in future. The name ‘Fani’ was decided from a list containing 64 names. <br /><br />Bangladesh also named Cyclone Ockhi that caused severe damages in Kerala. The Cyclone Titli, that hit Andhra and some parts of Odisha last year was named by Pakistan.<br /><br />India also has suggested many names including Agni, Akash, Bijli, Jal, Lehar, Megh, Sagar and Vayu.<br /><br />Here are some other names given by the eight countries : <br /><br /><br /><br />

Here’s how cyclone ‘Fani’ was named — and what it means

<ul class="summary-list "><li><strong>Cyclone Fani, the strongest cyclone to hit India in five years, made landfall on Saturday.</strong></li><li><strong>India media reported 12 people have been killed, mostly by falling trees.</strong></li><li><strong>1.2 million people in India were evacuated, and a further 1.2 million in Bangladesh have been moved to safety as the cyclone makes its way north-east.</strong></li></ul>The strongest cyclone to hit India in five years killed at least 12 people in eastern Odisha state, before swinging north-eastwards into Bangladesh on Saturday where more than a million people have been moved to safety.<br /><br />Having hit land, tropical cyclone Fani had lost some of its power and was downgraded to a 'Deep Depression' by the Indian Meteorological Department.<br /><br />A storm surge still breached embankments to submerge dozens of villages on Bangladesh's low-lying coast, a disaster ministry official in Dhaka said.<br /><br /><br />About 1.2 million people living in the most vulnerable districts in Bangladesh had been moved to some 4,000 shelters. The storm destroyed several houses in the Noakhali district, where a two-year-old child was killed and about 30 people were injured, local official Tanmoy Das told Reuters.<br /><br />In India, authorities were assessing the casualties and damage left behind by cyclone Fani, which had spent days churning slowly, building power over the northern reaches of the Bay of Bengal before tearing into Odisha.<br /><br />Indian media reported that at least 12 people had died across the state, with most deaths caused by falling trees, but a mass evacuation of 1.2 million people in the 24 hours before the tropical cyclone made landfall averted a greater loss of life.<br /><br /><span class="image-source-caption ">A dog walks under an uprooted tree following Cyclone Fani in Khordha district.<span class="image-source">REUTERS/R Narendra</span></span>The seaside temple town of Puri, which lay directly in the path of Fani, suffered extensive damage, as winds gusting up to 200 kph (124 mph) tore off tin roofs, snapped power lines, and uprooted trees on Friday.<br /><br />"Destruction is unimaginable... Puri is devastated," Odisha's Special Relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi told Reuters, adding that 116 people were reported injured across the state.<br /><br />Video footage taken from an Indian navy aircraft showed extensive inundation in areas around Puri, with wide swathes of land submerged in the aftermath of the storm.<br /><br />At least six people died in Bhubaneswar, Odisha's state capital, where fallen trees blocked roads and electricity supply was still to be fully restored.<br /><br />Ashok Patnaik, director of Capital Hospital, one of the largest state-run hospitals in n Bhubaneswar, said four people were received dead on Friday and two on Saturday. "All are cyclone related," he said.<br /><br />Bhubaneswar airport suffered considerable damage, but would re-open on Saturday afternoon, India's aviation ministry said.<br /><br />Shelters were set up in schools and other safe buildings to accommodate the evacuees, who included scores of tourists.<br /><br />Neighboring West Bengal state escaped substantial damage, but authorities moved nearly 45,000 people to safer locations.<br /><br />The cyclone season in the Bay of Bengal can last from April to December.<br /><br />In 1999, a super-cyclone battered the coast of Odisha for 30 hours, killing 10,000 people.<br /><br />But since then, technology advances have helped weather forecasters track the cyclones more accurately, giving authorities more time to prepare, and a mass evacuation of nearly a million people saved thousands of lives in 2013.<br /><br />

Cyclone Fani has killed at least 12 in India and is heading into Bangladesh

<ul><li><strong>As India is preparing to evacuate 800,000 people in eastern India, it seems that the movement of <keyword id="7561057" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cyclone-fani">Cyclone Fani</keyword> is visible on a free global map of wind. </strong></li><li><strong>The open-source tracking site for wind, weather and ocean Earth.nullschool is showing the live movement of Cyclone Fani.</strong></li></ul><br />A global website that tracks real-time movement of wind patterns has put out the movement of Cyclone Fani, which is set to make landfall in India on May 3.<br /><br />Anyone with an internet connection can track and identify the wind patterns and speed in a particular area. Visit Earth.nullschool to see the speed, location and wind patterns of Cyclone Fani hovering near Odisha. The images give a clear idea of the threat and potential destruction coming along with the cyclone. <br />
  
  
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<br />To watch the live video visit <strong> <a href="https://earth.nullschool.net/">https://earth.nullschool.net</a> </strong><br /><br />The authorities have also been planning massive evacuation process ahead of the landfall of cyclonic storm 'Fani' in Odisha coast, even as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday appealed people not to panic over the cyclone<br /><br />Nearly 800,000 people would be evacuated from low-lying coastal areas to safer places in the state. 'Fani' is likely to hit the state's coast in Puri district on Friday evening.<br /><br />Cyclone 'Fani', which has turned into an "extreme severe cyclonic" storm, is located around 225 kms south-southeast of Visakhapatnam and around 430 kms south-southwest of Puri, said the India Meteorological Department.<br />

This live simulation of Cyclone Fani shows how dangerously close it is to India’s East coast

<br /><ul><li><keyword id="7561057" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cyclone-fani">Cyclone Fani</keyword> is shaping up to be the biggest storm to pass through the Bay of Bengal since 2008.</li><li>An image of Cyclone Fani capture by NASA shows the storm growing in size and heading north-east along India’s eastern coast. </li><li>The growing intensity and frequency of cyclones is indicative global climate change.</li></ul>As Cyclone Fani strengthens and people are evacuated from India’s eastern coast, the evidence of <keyword id="6366055" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="global-warming">global warming</keyword> can be seen in the images captured from outer space. <br /><br />
  
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<br />The picture captured using the MODIS instrument aboard the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Terra satellite — launched on 18 December, 1999 — shows how the storm is growing in size. <br /><br />
  
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<br />According to <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/fani-is-indias-strongest-april-cyclone-in-43-years-say-meteorologists/article26995965.ece">meteorologists</a>, Cyclone Fani is the strongest April cyclone to hit India in 43 years. In fact, severe cyclones like Fani — although they can form at any time — normally occur in November, once the monsoon season is over. <br /><br />In fact, looking at cyclonic storms that have hit the Bay of Bengal between 1965 to 2017, only two of 46 ‘severe’ storms occurred in April.<br /><br />
  
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<br />The head of the Indian Meteorological Department told <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/fani-is-indias-strongest-april-cyclone-in-43-years-say-meteorologists/article26995965.ece">The Hindu</a>, “This is a cyclone that’s forming due to the warming of the Bay of Bengal basin…with global warming we have to be prepared for such occurrences and take precaution accordingly.”<br /><br />Cyclone Fani is shaping up to be the biggest storm to hit the Bay of Bengal since 2008 according to the <a href="https://weather.com/en-IN/india/news/news/2019-04-30-cyclone-fani-live-extremely-severe-storm-odisha-west-bengal">Weather Channel.</a> And, it’s heading towards the state of Odisha at 190 kilometers per hour.<br /><br />Sarat Chandra Sahu, the Director of the Center for Environment and Climate at the SOA University told <a href="https://indiaclimatedialogue.net/2018/10/17/cyclones-buffet-odisha-as-temperatures-rise/">indiaclimatedialogue</a>, “Because of global warming, sea surface temperature remains higher in the Bay of Bengal leading to generation and intensification of cyclonic systems. The southern coasts of Odisha experience cyclonic storms more frequently since Phailin cyclone of 2013.”<br /><br />
  
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<br />Ajay Singh, a climate change researcher with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, agrees in his study published in <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212670812000437#">Science Direct</a> stating, “Overall, the impact of global warming on the climate of India is clearly visible in the form of increased frequency and intensity of most of the extreme weather events.”<br /><br />The Indian Ocean, in particular has been warming faster than any tropical region on the planet over the past century according to the <a href="http://www.climate.rocksea.org/research/indian-ocean-warming/">Climate Research Lab</a> in IIT Madras . And, so it ends up that the Indian Ocean is also the largest contributor to global ocean surface warming.<br /><br />
  
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<br />In preparation for the incoming storm, the navy, coast guard and National Disaster Response Force has been put on round the clock alert. Over 80 trains have been cancelled and 800 shelters have been set up.<br /><br /><strong>See also:</strong><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/cyclone-fani-expected-to-make-landfall-in-odisha-on-may-3/articleshow/69138234.cms">Cyclone Fani expected to make landfall in Odisha on May 3</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/what-is-cyclone-fani-fony-phoni-that-the-met-dept-called-very-severe-in-the-latest-update/articleshow/69107984.cms">Cyclone Fani, a 'very severe' natural disaster is set to hit India's eastern coast</a><br />

Cyclone Fani and the impact of global warming captured by NASA

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/what-is-cyclone-fani-fony-phoni-that-the-met-dept-called-very-severe-in-the-latest-update/articleshow/69107984.cms">Cyclone Fani</a> is barreling towards India's eastern coast with winds up to 130 miles per hour, and the category 4 cyclone is expected to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/cyclone-fani-what-is-a-landfall/articleshow/69149542.cms">make landfall near Odisha</a> on May 3.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/on-cyclone-shattered-island-in-mozambique-shock-and-debris-2019-5">The severe cyclone</a> has intensified today, <span>prompting officials to accelerate evacuation efforts across India's northeastern coastline. </span></li><li><span>Millions on India's east coast <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-reportedly-plans-to-evacuate-800000-people-as-cyclone-fani-approaches-eastern-coast/articleshow/69140624.cms">are fleeing their homes</a> in the country's largest pre-natural disaster evacuation in history.</span></li><li><span>The cyclone is expected to be the worst the country has seen in 20 years, second only to the super-cyclone that killed 10,000 people in Odisha in 1999.</span></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.<span></span></li></ul><p>It's the largest evacuation ahead of a national disaster in India's history.</p><p>While the country and its citizens are no strangers to an annual cyclone season (much like hurricane season in the Atlantic), severe tropical cyclone Fani is shaping up to be one of the worst storms India's seen in two decades. It's expected to make landfall on Friday morning, May 3, near Puri in the Odisha region with heavy rainfall and winds up to 150 miles per hour, <a href="https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html?tropical">according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center</a>. </p><p><a href="http://www.imd.gov.in/alerts/20190501_al_808.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to the Indian Meteorological Department</a><span>, Fani has been classified as an "Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm," with conditions akin to a category 4 hurricane.</span></p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div></p><p>More than 100 million people live in Fani's projected path, prompting Indian authorities to call for an evacuation of the country's entire eastern seaboard as the storm barrels north in the Bay of Bengal.</p><p><span>On May 2, the Odisha government evacuated more than </span><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/cyclone-fani-live-updates-pm-modi-chairs-meet-to-review-preparedness/liveblog/69124408.cms">3.3 million people</a> <span>and confirmed plans to evacuate another 8 million before the storm hits tomorrow, according to the Times of India.</span></p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div></p><p><span>India's special relief commissioner told the Press Trust of India news agency that tourists have been asked to leave the popular beach town of Puri by Thursday night as part of the evacuation.</span></p><p><span>Officials have opened more than 800 shelters and are ready to drop 100,000 dry food packets.</span></p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div></p><p>Officials say Fani could be the worst storm since 1999, when a cyclone killed around 10,000 people and devastated large parts of the state.</p><p><span>Last week, tropical cyclone Kenneth ripped through northern Mozambique as the strongest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">tropical cyclone</a> to ever make landfall in the country.That cyclone made landfall with the same strength that officials anticipate for cyclone Fani.</span></p>

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