CATEGORY 4-LEVEL CYCLONE FANI HIT THE STATE OF ODISHA ON MAY 3RD, 2019 BRINGING DEVASTATION

Hare Krishna!
Dear Prabhus and Matajis,
I greet you all in the name our Lord, Sri Jagannath, who is known as the saviour of the fallen.
Many of you must have watched, the heart-breaking pictures and videos of the effects of Cyclone Fani in Odisha which was one of the worst of its kind to hit the state in the past 2 decades. While much is said, its impact has been particularly devastating in Sri Jagannath Puri.
Though there have been only some deaths reported, much of the damage was caused by the cyclone’s epic wind speeds that reached up to 260 kms/hour. This was the worst cyclone that had hit Utkal Pradesh (Jagannath Bhumi) in the past 20 years. Unlike the Cyclone in 1999 which lasted for 3 full days, this one lasted for only 4 hours, but still, the devastation brought by it was unimaginable.
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