Cyclone Fani (2019)

Fani intensified rapidly over the Bay of Bengal, peaking as an extremely severe cyclonic storm with three-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h. It weakened slightly before making landfall in Odisha a few days later. Damage across India and Bangladesh came to about 8.1 billion US dollars, most of it in Odisha.

Formed (UTC)

2019-04-25

Dissipated (UTC)

2019-05-04

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

150

Basin it formed in

North Indian

Deaths, as sources state them

At least 81 in eastern India and Bangladesh

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2019116N02090

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: bay of bengal, india, odisha, bangladesh, rapid intensification

Coordinates: 13.582476341585497, 84.23504731682901

Part of North Indian Ocean cyclones of category 3 and above in the 2000 to 2024 seasons

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