Very severe’ Cyclone Phailin moving towards Gopalpur at 15 kmph

11.17 am: Cyclone Phailin won’t weaken before landfall, says IMD Cyclone Centre DG, Rathore. 

11.15 am: Phailin moving towards Gopalpur at 15 kmph, landfall will occur around 8.30 pm today evening - Rathore 

11.10 am: Phailin is now 200 km away from Gopalpur - Rathore 

11.07 am: Director General of IMD, LK Rathore, says Phailin will remain as very svere cyclonic storm six hours after it crosses coast. Chhattisgarh, Ranchi would be also affected; rains will occur in gangetic West Bengal and Bihar. 

11.05 am: Weather is getting worse, for passenger safety flights will be cancelled till weather improves, says Sharat Kumar, Director, Bhubaneswar Airport. 

11 am: Eastern Command of Indian Navy on high alert; five columns of Army despatched from Ranchi for Bhubaneswar. 

10.55 am: One person dies as tree falls in heavy rains in Odisha, claim reports. 

10.27 am: Joint Typhoon Warning Centre of the US Navy predicts that Cyclone Phailin would be Category 5 at landfall - strongest in India's history.  

10.15 am: No electricity in most parts of Bhubaneswar for last 3 hours. 

10.10 am: The wind speed could be 215-220 km/hr. Cyclone Phailin will reach Gopalpur coast by evening, says Shashidhar Reddy of NDMA.