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Power, telecom, rail and air services hit; subsequent flooding likely to damage crops.

Impact of 'Fani' is likely to be much more severe than 'Titli' that had killed at least 60 people.

Fani lashed the Odisha coast Friday morning, uprooting trees, blowing away thatched huts, and disrupting communication links.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has classified 'Fani' as an "extremely severe cyclonic storm".

Focus will also be on electricity supply to drainage pumping stations to reduce water logging in and around the metropolis.

The name of the Cyclone 'Fani', pronounced as 'Foni' was suggested by Bangladesh. It means 'Snake' or 'hood of snake'.

Last year, Cyclone Gaja had battered the Tamil Nadu coast, killing at least 20 people and causing widespread destruction.

Cyclone Fani to cross Odisha Coast between Gopalpur and Chandbali around Puri with speed 170-180 kmph gusting to 200 kmph.

The wind speed is expected to be 170-180 kmph that could reach up to 200 kmph when it makes the landfall.

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is yet to specify the exact location of landfall.

The IMD has been issuing three hourly bulletins with latest forecast to all the states concerned

Fani is very likely to move northwestwards till May 1 and thereafter recurve towards northeast gradually.

Cyclone Fani currently lays over east Equatorial Indian Ocean (EIO) and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal.