New Delhi: The Super Cyclonic Storm AMPHAN over West-central Bay of Bengal moved north-northeastwards with a speed of 14 kmph during the past 06 hours and lay centred at 0530 hrs Indian Standard Time over West-central Bay of Bengal about 520 km nearly south of Paradip (Odisha), 670 km south-southwest of Digha (West Bengal) and 800 km south-southwest of Khepupara in Bangladesh.
It is very likely to weaken into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 6 hours. It is very likely to move north-northeastwards across northwest Bay of Bengal and cross West Bengal–Bangladesh coasts between Digha (West Bengal) and Hatiya Islands close to Sundarbans during the Afternoon/Evening of 20th May 2020 as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm with maximum sustained wind speed of 155-165 kmph gusting to 180 kmph.
The super cyclone AMPHAN is now being continuously tracked by the Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) at Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).