PURI: Cyclone Fani made landfall in Odisha's Puri and has been categorised as an extremely severe cyclonic storm by the Indian Meteorological Department .BJP leader Sambit Patra has posted a message on Twitter invoking the spiritual protection of Lord Jagannath against the force of Cyclone Fani.

Earlier, Patra  said "we are doing everything for the people of Odisha" and added his prayer to Lord Jagannath to that list today. His first message, posted when Fani made landfall, read, "The process of landfall of #CycloneFani has begun... extremely high speed wind... heavy rain... the harrowing sound... reminds me of 1999 Supercyclone. With folded hands I pray to Lord Almighty Jagannath ji to give us the strength to endure this."\

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The BJP leader, who contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from the storm-hit Puri constituency also wrote: "Everything is flying in (the) air... have literally turned deaf because of wind sound... all window panes broken... difficult indeed... if this is my condition in a concrete building I pray for the lives of millions".

Fani is  believed to be the strongest cyclonic storm to hit the state since the 1999 Super Cyclone that killed nearly 10,000 people, has already forced the closure of airports in Bhubaneswar and Kolkata in addition to the evacuation of over 14 lakh people and the cancellation of nearly 150 trains.