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Anticipating Amphan to be worse than the cyclonic storms Bulbul and Fani, which hit the eastern coast in the recent past, the states of West Bengal and Odisha have readied themselves for the impact, evacuating lakhs of people and putting up the disaster relief teams in place.
The cyclone, which is expected to generate wind-speeds of 175-185 kmph, will make its landfall between Digha in West Bengal and Hatia island in Bangladesh at around 2pm on May 20. West Bengal’s weather department said that the cyclone’s major impact will be felt in the 24 Parganas South and North, Midnapore East districts.
