Cyclone Amphan has further intensified into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm

Cyclone Amphan, a “very severe storm”, will turn “extremely severe” in the next 24 hours, weather agency India Meteorological Department said on Sunday. The weather phenomenon will cause heavy rainfall and high-velocity wind in several coastal districts of Odisha, West Bengals, and Andaman and Nicobar.

“The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Amphan’ (pronounced as UM-PUN) over central parts of South Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood moved slowly northwards with a speed of 05 kmph during past 06 hours. It further intensified into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm,” an IMD statement said.