The latest observations indicate that 'Titli', over west-central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 19 kmph during the past six hours.
The
process of landfall of the very severe cyclone
Titli started early Thursday with surface wind reaching speeds of
126 kmph at Gopalpur in Odisha's Ganjam district, the India
Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
"The
process of landfall has started and it will completely cross the
Odisha
coast in one or two hours.
The
system will pass close to Gopalpur," H R Biswas, Director of
Metereological Centre, Bhubaneswar, told PTI.
The
IMD said, "The forward sector of the eye of the storm has been
entering into the land mass."
While
Gopalpur in Odisha reported surface winds at 126 kmph, Kalingapatanam
in Andhra Pradesh recorded wind speed of 56 kmph.
As
the landfall process started, at least five districts like Ganjam,
Gajapati, Puri, Khurda and Jagatsinghpur are receiving good amount of
rainfall coupled with high speed winds under the impact of Titli.
Biswas
said the very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS), 'Titli', is being
monitored by the coastal Doppler Weather Radars at Visakhapatnam,
Gopalpur and Paradip.
The
latest observations indicate that 'Titli', over west-central Bay of
Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 19 kmph
during the past six hours.
After
the landfall, the system is very likely to re-curve gradually
northeastwards, move towards Gangetic West Bengal across Odisha and
weaken gradually.
Reports
of trees, electric poles getting uprooted and damages to kuchha
houses were reported, officials said, adding that road communication
in some places, including Gopalpur and Berhampur, was snapped.
Meanwhile,
the Odisha government has geared up its machinery to tackle the
situation. The state government has already evacuated over 300,000
people living in low lying areas and kuchha houses ahead of the
landfall in five coastal districts.
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