TC #Amphan has intensified to 140kt, making it an equivalent category 5 hurricane. Dazu meterhohe Sturmflut für Millionen Menschen im Gangesdelta! Land Major storm-surge flooding was expected near and east of where Amphan crossed the coast. The storm, currently spinning over the Bay of Bengal, is advancing toward the eastern coast of India. The future path of Amphan remains on track with the previous model simulations. The tropical cyclone #Amphan is now a Category 5 cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. The storm is still expected to make landfall near the Bangladesh/India boarder and storm surge is a major threat. This is the result of an extremely rapid intensification over the past 12-18 hours. Beyond exceptional rapid intensification has occurred over the past 24 hours. Cyclones tend to form between April and December, fueled by changing seasons (in the west) and the monsoon (in the east). Landfall is around the Ganges River Delta and life threatening to millions in northeast India and Bangladesh. Beyond exceptional rapid intensification has occurred over the past 24 hours. System is extremely large, with a closed COD (Central dense overcast), small pinhole eye and exceptional upper-level outflow pattern. has adjusted to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bear caught on video nudging sleeping man's foot, Watch Gladys Knight vs Patti LaBelle song battle, The highly anticipated movie trailer for 'Dune' is out, 45 semitrucks topple in 1 day due to extreme winds, Humpback whale swims free from crocodile-infested river, Drew Barrymore debuts talk show with Cameron Diaz hologram, Magnus Carlsen aims for 'redemption' against Garry Kasparov, Video shows USPS mail being dumped in parking lot. “Follow severe weather as it happens. The latest IR view is stunning, but a recent GPM 89GHz microwave pass reveals a dry moat & secondary wall forming; a harbinger of an eyewall replacement cycle likely halting further strengthening. Cyclone Amphan Strengthens to an Equivalent Cat. Tropical Cyclone Amphan located in the Bay of Bengal has strengthened with winds topping 260 kph (or 160 mph) which is equivalent to a super typhoon or a category 5 Atlantic hurricane. Julia Louis-Dreyfus' DNC satire: Awkward or funny? Severe Storms, Image of the Day Es zeichnet sich von Superzyklon #Amphan (aktuell Böen bis um 300 km/h!) tc 01b has now passed over land. Land Attached are the wind accumulation and total rainfall maps over the next days across the Bay of Bengal and West Bengal state of India and Bangladesh. Be prepared! animated multispectral satellite imagery (msi) and enhanced infrared imagery depicts a system with uniform central dense overcast (cdo) that continues to erode. 5 Atlantic Hurricane, Want to buy a dinosaur? Here is the Amphan’s track history of its intensification in 6-hour timeframes: Cyclone remains in the extremely warm sea waters present over the Bay of Bengal. Zoomed-in map of the landfall area indicates huge amount of rainfall is likely, more than 400 mm in some areas. Around the time this image was acquired, Amphan had sustained winds of 100 knots (185 kilometers/115 miles per hour). Remote Sensing.