Oct 12, 2013 16:24 (IST)
Post landfall, 'very severe' cyclone to last for 6 hours: Met department Video: NDTV.comLS Rathore, Director General, IMD, says:
- Cyclone Phailin 90 kilometres away from Gopalpur, still very severe
- Expect heavy to very heavy rain fall in Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh
- Very, very heavy rain fall expected in Odisha, over 25 cm
- The cyclone will be severe for 6 hours after landfall
- It will be a depression after that
- The cyclone is advancing with a speed of 20km/hour towards Gopalpur
- You have been saying IMD is underestimating cyclone Phailin, why can't you say US is overestimating it
- We are estimating a sustained speed of 220kmph at landfall
- If the sustained speed goes beyond 220kmph it is called a super cyclone
- It is close to a super cyclone
- In 1999 cyclone - wind speed was 260km/hr and storm surge was six metres.