Amphan likely to intensify into Super Cyclone today; PM Modi to chair high-level meet at 4 pm

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New Delhi: Cyclone Amphan on Monday (May 18) morning intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal and hurtled towards the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh, the India Meteorological Department said. The weather department said that Amphan is likely to become a super cyclonic storm by today evening. "The Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘AMPHAN’ (pronounced as UM-PUN) over westcentral and adjoining central parts of South Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 8 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 18th May, 2020 over west-central and adjoining central parts of South Bay of Bengal, about 780 km nearly south of Paradip (Odisha), 930 km south-southwest of Digha (West Bengal) and 1050 km south-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh)," the IMD said in a bulletin issued at 11:30 am.  "It is very likely to intensify further into a Super Cyclonic Storm during next 6 hours. It is very likely to move nearly northwards for some time and then north-northeastwards across northwest Bay of Bengal and cross West Bengal–Bangladesh coasts between Digha (West Bengal) and Hatiya Islands (Bangladesh) during the Afternoon / Evening of 20th May 2020 as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm with maximum sustained wind speed of 155-165 kmph gusting to 185 kmph."

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