Cyclone Fani weakening, Assam may escape the severity

Assam may escape the severity of the  Cyclone Fani as it is gradually getting weaker and only the westernmost tip of Assam  i.e  Goalpara, Dhubri and Kokrajjhar district may get very heavy rain while remaining part of lower and central Assam will remain under deep depression but it is unlikely to cause any major damage unless flood water create other issues.

Severe Cyclone FANI weakened into a Cyclonic Storm and lay centered at 60 km NW of Kolkata at 0530 IST of 4th May. To weaken into Deep Depression and move into Bangladesh by noon. pic.twitter.com/rowlwx2cFb

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) May 4, 2019

While the full extent of casualties and damage from Cyclone Fani remains unclear, officials in India's Odisha state managed to carry out a remarkably successful evacuation. 'If you don't learn from the past experiences, you will drown.'. https://t.co/I351ijULU7

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) May 3, 2019

Good morning friends ,hope you all. doing fine.
We are all safe after cyclone "FANI"
which devastated coastal odisha with speed reaching up-to. 200km hr.
South coastal odisha, Puri, and it's adjoining area bore burnt of cyclone. pic.twitter.com/iSOKk16y2o

— ASHOK (@Ashok_0573) May 4, 2019

The latest information came from the Assam state Disaster management authority as well as local Indian Meteorological Department as all are constantly monitoring the eye of cyclone which is now near Kolkata but gradually weakening.

Cyclone Fani Ground Reports : WEST BENGAL – EAST MEDINIPUR & SOUTH 24 PARGANA
𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐅 @ 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝟒 𝐔 #TEAMNDRFINDIA #StaySafe #stayalert #stayprepared @satyaprad1 @PIBHomeAffairs @ndmaindia pic.twitter.com/94CPvUN6z9

— NDRF 🇮🇳 (@NDRFHQ) May 4, 2019

Meanwhile Odisha showing great character of resilience  is slowly limping back to normalcy and casualtyso far have remained in single figure, which is a great credit for the Odisha authorities.

Super Cyclone Fani hits pic.twitter.com/qyfMozOgBo

— Biplab Saye (@biplabsaye) May 4, 2019

11 lakh people have been evacuated and they are slowly returning as streets are being cleared and power restoration are going on and by noon tomorrow the power will be back completely.

This Child born in Railway Hospital Macheshwar Bhubaneswar exactly on the day cyclone FANI makes landfall named #Fani. pic.twitter.com/KrKfHqDv1k

— Santosh Mishra (@santoshm80) May 4, 2019

Considering the power of the cyclone, the damage was muchless although hundreds of trees were uprooted and there were extensive damagesto houses and vehicles as some vehicles were blown away by the wind.

Cyclone Fani – Heavy rains with large size Ice balls lashed a small village in Kareem Nagar district of Andhra Pradesh, causing heavy damage. pic.twitter.com/QIUQ3APuTL

— SuJit NaNDi (@SujitNandi_IoT) May 4, 2019

At this moment the cyclone has reached Bengal and causinggreat damages and by afternoon it is expected to leave for Bangladesh whereheavy rain is expected as the speed of the wind have come down to around 100-70km per hour.

Cyclone Fani effects in Odisha: Images of destruction emerge; trees uprooted, houses destroyed –Why God giving pain to coastal people? pic.twitter.com/ZOJp5e8grx

— Smithsethi (@Smithsethi1) May 4, 2019

In Assam the biggest threat is now landslide in and around Guwahati as more rain will trigger landslide while in lower Assam there are expectation of flood and ASDMA  authorities confirmed that they were in complete readiness.