The most violent hurricane that hit India in the last 20 years left two dead

May 3, 2019

The trajectory of the hurricane was in an area where 100 million people live.

Fani was the most powerful cyclone of the last 20 years in India. He sits in the sacred city of Puri, in the east of the country. The phenomenon came with heavy rains and winds up to 200 kilometers to the hour. The hurricane left two dead and destroyed. In addition, forced to evacuate more than one million people.

Category 5 cyclone considered "extremely severe" by the Indian Meteorological Service he made landfall in the coastal state of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal. In the morning, he was to weaken in a "very severe" storm as he moved north-northeast to the state of West Bengal.

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"I can confirm two dead for the moment. An older man died of a heart attack. Another person left in a storm despite our warnings and died because a tree had fallen on him."Sethi Bishnupada said." The southern winds are expected to blow at around 200 km / h, "he added from Bhubaneswar.

In Puri, the holy city of Hinduism, steps have been taken to protect the 850-year-old Jagannath Temple. More than one million people have been evacuated and some 3,000 shelters and government buildings have been renovated to house those who had to leave their homes.

The supply of electricity and water has been interrupted in most of this city. Metal plates covered the front of the shops and the sand of the neighboring beaches flew in the streets.

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Fani is expected to move to the northeast, in the state of West Bengal and Bangladesh. "We monitor the situation 24 hours a day and do everything necessary. Be careful, be careful and stay in a safe place for two days, "tweeted West Bank Chief of Staff Mamata Banerjee.

Meteorologists have warned against the "total destruction" of huts, poles and communication torn off, "Inundated evacuation routes" and damage to crops in some areas.

antecedents

On the scale of the Indian cyclone, Fani occupies the second most serious level. In other words, it is equivalent to Category 3 hurricane. In 1999, a "super" cyclone killed about 10,000 people. In addition, he swept a large part of the Odisha with winds between 260 and 280 km / h, according to Mr. Mohapatra, a scientist from the Meteorological Service.