After landfall, Cyclone Fani has moved inland into Odisha: IMD
The moment when Cyclone Fani made landfall
India's Meteorological Department(IMD) in its latest update said Cyclone Fani had completely moved inland on Friday morning.
The extremely severe Cyclonic Storm Fani is very likely to move north-northeastwards and weaken into a very severe cyclonic storm during the next 6 hours, IMD said.
The cyclone had made landfall near Puri in Odisha a few hours ago hitting the district with wind speeds of up to 180-200kilometre per hour.
Large areas in the seaside pilgrim town of Puri and other places were submerged with water as heavy rains battered the entire coastal belt of the state.
Several trees were uprooted and thatched structures destroyed at some places including Bhubaneswar.
"The cyclone has entered the Odisha coast at Puri around 8 am and it will take around three hours for the entire landfall process to be completed," Director of Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, H R Biswas said.
The cyclonic system, whose eye is around 28 km, is moving at around 30 kmph, Biswas said, adding the process of landfall is expected to be complete around 11am.
Puri and neighbouring areas are experiencing wind with a speed of 175 kilometres per hour which may go up to 200 kmph.
Over 1 million people have been evacuated from the east coast covering Odisha and West Bengal in the wake of the cyclone. The NDRF team along with Naval coast guard have been on alert to ensure relief supplies reach the affected area.