Amphan Turns Into Super Cyclone, May Hit Bengal; PM Calls Meeting At 4 pm | Read

Cyclone Amphan turned in to a "super cyclonic storm" this morning, the weather office said, hours after it intensified in to an "extremely severe cyclonic storm". Two states- Bengal and Odisha - have been alerted over the storm, which is expected to make a landfall in Bengal on Wednesday. "The Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm 'AMPHAN' (pronounced as UM-PUN) intensified into Super Cyclonic Storm at 1130 IST of today, the 18th May, 2020 (sic)," the India Meteorological Department or IMD tweeted this afternoon. Very heavy rainfall is also likely in , Sikkim, Assam and Meghalaya till Wednesday, apart from Odisha and Bengal, the IMD said in a statement. The landfall in Bengal is expected a time when the country is fighting against coronavirus, which has affected more than 96,000 people, killed more than 3,000.