Puri: The extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ made its landfall here Friday morning, triggering heavy rainfall coupled with high velocity winds with speeds of 175kmph and above.
Large areas in this seaside pilgrim town 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.
“The cyclone has entered the Odisha coast at Puri around 8.00am and it will take around three hours for the entire landfall process to be completed,” Director of Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar, HR 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 11.00am.
Under the impact of the cyclone, high velocity wind is sweeping across several coastal districts like Ganjam, Khurda, Gajapati and Khurda, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi said.
PNN