TSR gust footprint for Cyclonic Storm FANI - 2019-May 3

TSR gust footprint for Cyclonic Storm FANI - 2019-May 3 - Credit: Tropical Storm Risk/UCL Issued about 3 hours after it made landfall ~15km to the west of Puri in Odisha state, India. The gust footprint shows the magnitude and extent of the peak winds from FANI at landfall and immediately thereafter. Our model indicates that the peak gust at landfall was 150-160 mph and that gusts of 100 mph and over extend over a swathe width of ~100 km. The wind damage from FANI will almost certainly be severe. This damage will be exacerbated by heavy rains and an expected high storm surge. Unfortunately the forecast wind swathe for FANI is in line with the heavily populated cities of Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack.