The first of that classification was the devastating 1999 cyclone in Odisha state that left nearly 10,000 dead. Amphan's winds are whirling 435 miles from its eye as it approaches land.

Amphan is the second super cyclone to hit the west coast of India. In 1999, Odisha was devastated by a cyclone that killed nearly 10,000 people, according to the Associated Press.

The eastern Indian state of Odisha was hit by a super cyclone that left nearly 10,000 dead in 1999, eight years after a typhoon, tornadoes and flooding killed 139,000 in Bangladesh.

Cyclone Amphan to make landfall on Wednesday, strong winds witnessed in Sunderbans area. “Amphan is the most intense and the first super cyclone since the 1999 Odisha cyclone. We are dealing ...

In 2019, Cyclone Fani claimed at least 89 lives and displaced millions in Odisha, another coastal Indian state. In 1999, a super cyclone killed about 10,000 people as it slammed into Odisha.

Cyclones lashing Odisha’s coasts have been severe to very severe in their devastation. The height of cyclonic catastrophe in recent times came with the notorious Super Cyclone of 29 October 1999 ...

The 1999 super cyclone left nearly 10,000 dead in Odisha, eight years after a typhoon, tornadoes and flooding killed 139,000 in Bangladesh. In 1970, half a million perished in Cyclone Bhola.

May 18 (UPI) -- More than 1 million people at the India-Bangladesh border are preparing to evacuate before Super Cyclone Amphan, which is predicted to make landfall Wednesday evening. The Indian ...

DURHAM, N.C. – A new study of storm-related deaths from a super cyclone that hit the eastern coast of India in 1999 finds that villages shielded from the storm surge by mangrove forests ...