Strengthening Cyclone Fani could hit northeast India as 'extremely severe' storm
Visualization of Cyclone Fani, approaching landfall in northeast India on Thursday morning local time. By Matthew Cappucci April 30 at 1:13 PM Cyclone Fani, packing winds of nearly 110 mph, is set to slam eastern India later this week, bringing with it destructive winds, rain totals topping a foot and a potentially devastating storm surge.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center predicts that Fani will make landfall early Friday local time with peak winds exceeding 130 mph, equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane. This will pose major issues for neighborhoods near the beach in Puri, a city of 200,000, where a five-foot storm surge is also expected. As the storm is still roughly 72 hours from landfall, its exact track remains uncertain. But if the eye of the storm tracks just west of Puri, the city of 200,000 could be ground zero for the worst of the wind and surge.
Inland, the threat is less from coastal flooding but more due to inland flooding. Rain totals of 8 to 12 inches will fall over a widespread swath that will include Odisha’s capital, Bhubaneswar. A heavy rainfall warning is in effect for potential “heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with isolated extremely heavy rainfall.”
The storm could also cause serious effects in Bangladesh, pushing a substantial storm surge over its low-lying coast and unloading flood rains.
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