Cyclone Fani entered Bangladesh at noon on Saturday after hitting West Bengal post-midnight on Saturday, hours after making landfall in Puri wreaking havoc in the coastal districts of Odisha. The worst cyclonic storm in decades, Fani uprooted trees and triggered rains as it entered West Bengal through Kharagpur. No loss of life or any injury has been reported so far. It has been raining in Kolkata since early morning and will continue till Sunday afternoon. The districts of Nadia, Murshidabad --- where the cyclone passed through --- has been experiencing rainfall since Friday night with light winds. The Indian Railways will run special trains for helping stranded passengers.
“The severe cyclonic storm Fani entered Bengal at 12.30 am through Odisha’s Balasore. It crossed Kharagpur packing a wind of 70-80 kmph, gusting to 90 kmph,” Regional Meteorological Centre’s Deputy Director General Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, said as quoted by news agencies.
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