sara elder, many thanks. thank you very much.1999 is bearing down on bangladesh and the north—east of india. forecasters say cyclone amphan has wind speeds in excess of 200km/h with even stronger gusts. it is expected to weaken slightly when making landfall on wednesday. our correspondent yogita limaye in mumbai has the details. india's prime minister held a meeting with the national disaster authority and teams are on the ground preparing for evacuation of the western states. in bangladesh we are told the first batch of people will be evacuated north of the pseudo— barnes delta. both of these countries are very experienced when it comes to dealing with cyclones every year. from april to november we have storms developing in the bay of bengal. this year it isn't even difficult process because we are also dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. last year cyclone fani, which hit larissa, was a massive cyclone, but the loss of life was quite small compared to the devastation that was reached across it 16 people were killed, 1 million