Cyclone Fani to move to Bangladesh by noon

The India Meteorological Department has confirmed that cyclone Fani has weakened into a cyclonic storm and is laying centered at 60 km North-West of Kolkata at 5:30 am. It is likely to weaken into a deep depression and move into Bangladesh by noon.

West Bengal: Cyclone Fani which hit the coastal areas of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Friday has weakened and passed over the Gangetic West Bengal without causing much devastation. In the meantime, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has confirmed that severe cyclone Fani has weakened into a cyclonic storm and is laying centered at 60 km North-West of Kolkata at 5:30 am. It is likely to weaken into a deep depression and move into Bangladesh by noon.

• IMD: Severe #CycloneFani weakened into a cyclonic storm and lay centered at 60 km NW of Kolkata at 0530 IST of 4th May. To weaken into Deep Depression and move into Bangladesh by noon. pic.twitter.com/8BjSXQvyza

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  IMD: Severe #CycloneFani weakened into a cyclonic storm and lay centered at 60 km NW of Kolkata at 0530 IST of 4th May. To weaken into Deep Depression and move into Bangladesh by noon. pic.twitter.com/8BjSXQvyza

  — ANI (@ANI) May 4, 2019

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  IMD: Severe #CycloneFani weakened into a cyclonic storm and lay centered at 60 km NW of Kolkata at 0530 IST of 4th May. To weaken into Deep Depression and move into Bangladesh by noon. pic.twitter.com/8BjSXQvyza

  — ANI (@ANI) May 4, 2019

Bangladesh on Friday evacuated over five lakh people from its southwestern districts as Fani, was brewing over the Bay of Bengal.