Odisha, Kerala on High Alert as Cyclone Fani Set to Intensify Into ‘Very Severe Storm’ news18.com

Cyclone ‘Fani, which intensified into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ on Monday evening, is now headed towards the Odisha coast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said, adding that it could take the shape of an ‘extremely severe cyclone’ by Wednesday The weather prediction has prompted the government to put the National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Coast Guard on high alert, officials said. In its 9pm bulletin, the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said the storm currently lays about 620 km east-northeast of the Trincomalee in Sri Lanka, 770 km east-southeast of Chennai and 900 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam.