Cyclone Fani weakens as storm heads towards Bangladesh

The weather department has confirmed that severe Cyclone Fani has weakened into a cyclonic storm and lay centered at 60 km NW of Kolkata at 5:30 am. It is likely to weaken into a deep depression and move into Bangladesh by noon.

Bangladesh on Friday evacuated over five lakh people from its southwestern districts as cyclonic storm 'Fani', was brewing over the Bay of Bengal.

In a news briefing, disaster management minister Enamur Rahman said the government was fully prepared to face the cyclone.