
Cyclone Amphan: Over 5 lakh folks had been positioned in shelters in West Bengal.
Cyclone Amphan, one of many worst storms over the Bay of Bengal in years, has left a path of destruction in Bengal and Odisha on Wednesday, destroying hundreds of homes, damaging buildings, uprooting timber, electrical energy poles and killing a minimum of 10 folks in Bengal. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned the influence of Amphan was worse than the coronavirus pandemic and claimed damages as a result of cyclone could possibly be within the area of Rs 1 lakh crore. The cyclone, whose eye was about 30 kilometre in diameter, made landfall with gusting winds of as much as 185 kmph and waves about 15 toes tall. Over 5 lakh folks had been positioned in shelters in West Bengal and over one lakh in Odisha.
Here are the LIVE updates on Cyclone Amphan:
Officials of the National Disaster Relief Force or NDRF engaged in restoration work at Digha in East Midnapore, West Bengal.
The cyclone, whose eye was about 30 kilometre in diameter, made landfall with gusting winds of as much as 185 kmph and waves about 15 toes tall. Over 5 lakh folks had been positioned in shelters in West Bengal and over one lakh in Odisha.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned the influence of Amphan was worse than the coronavirus pandemic and claimed damages as a result of cyclone could possibly be within the area of Rs 1 lakh crore.
Cyclone Amphan, one of many worst storms over the Bay of Bengal in years, has left a path of destruction in Bengal and Odisha on Wednesday, destroying hundreds of homes, damaging buildings, uprooting timber, electrical energy poles and killing a minimum of 10 folks in Bengal.