The cyclone was one of the most powerful to hit the east coast of India in more than 20 years. Even as Super Cyclone Amphan is heading as per its projected path till now, Odisha is not taking any chances and gearing up with highest level of preparedness. Le puissant cyclone Amphan évolue dans le golfe du Bengale en menaçant l'Inde et le Bangladesh. Après être remonté vers le nord, il touche actuellement l'extrême est de l'Inde (Etat du Bengale-Occidental, dont la capitale est Calcutta) affectant aussi fortement le Bangladesh. Ce dangereux cyclone tropical a atteint son pic d'intensité mardi 18 mai dans le Golfe du Bengale.

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Before losing steam, it reached sustained wind speeds of more than 225 kilometers per hour, showing a peculiar rapid intensification with its wind speeds rising three times in … As the storm approached from the Bay of Bengal, hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from coastal areas near the border of India and Bangladesh. The storm surge from Amphan … "The whole of the southern part of …

Cyclone Amphan is a disaster bigger than Covid-19, said Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of the east Indian state of West Bengal. In May, India faced a double whammy: a super cyclone, Amphan, even as the country battled coronavirus disease (Covid-19). People make their way through damaged cables and a tree branch fallen in the middle of a road after Cyclone Amphan hit the region in Kolkata, India, Thursday, May 21, 2020. Cyclone Amphan made landfall in West Bengal, India, near the Bangladeshi border. On Tuesday, Amphan was a Category 3 storm with winds of 127 m.p.h., but forecasts predict that it will weaken as it comes ashore.