Update: Super Cyclone #Amphan weakens a bit more in the latest forecast update, but is still on course for landfall in about 24-36 hours near the India/Bangladesh border. Current sustained winds 120kt (220kph), equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane.

Cyclone Amphan is scheduled to make landfall Wednesday evening local time near the India-Bangladesh border, which is home to millions of people. cnn.it/3g5TfsU

Colleagues in Odisha state, India, are reporting downed power lines, toppled trees and initial storm surges from #CycloneAmphan.

Update from CatholicRelief colleagues in Bangladesh: in Khulna, Caritas Bangladesh staff said that roughly 60% of people who evacuated to shelters last night still can't go home tonight due to broken dykes and flooding. #CyclonAmphan

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