Cyclone Phailin is closing in on Odisha and is just 30 km away from Gopalpur in Ganjam district tonight, chief of Cyclone Warning Centre Mritunjay Mahapatra said.
Mahapatra told PTI here that the cyclone will strike with a windspeed of 180 kmph to 190 kmph.
Earlier it was predicted that it will hit the Odisha coast between 6 PM and 8 PM with a speed of 210 kmph to 220 kmph gusting to 230 kmph.
The IMD forecast waves with a height of 3.0 metre to 3.5 metre in Ganjam, Puri, Khurda and Jagatsinghpur districts.
The Great Danger Signal 10 has been hoisted at Gopalpur and Puri and Great Danger Signal 9 at Paradip and Chandbali ports.
