Cyclone Amphan causes massive destruction across at least 7 districts. 12 dead, damage to public property pegged at over Rs 1 lakh crore. CM Mamata has urged Modi govt for help.
As per preliminary reports, 19,38,382 power consumers have been affected in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajapur, Mayurbhanj, Jagatsinghpur and Ganjam districts, officials said.
As per the IMD, the system is very likely to continue to move north-northeastwards with a wind speed of 140-150 Kmph gusting to 165 Kmph during the next two hours.
Officials said the cyclone hit coastal districts of West Bengal, unleashing copious rain & windstorm, blowing away thatched houses and swamping low lying towns and villages.
Amphan is anticipated to be an extremely severe cyclonic storm when it makes a landfall on 20 May, between Digha island in West Bengal & Hatiya island in Bangladesh.
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Thousands of people in Bengal's coastal belt have been evacuated, but it has been made tougher by social-distancing guidelines warranted by coronavirus.
Around 25 NDRF teams, each with over 30 personnel, have been deployed on the ground in West Bengal and Odisha, the states likely to bear the brunt of the ‘super cyclone’.
Low-lying areas of South and North 24 Parganas and East Medinipur district of West Bengal are likely to be flooded due to storm surge caused by the cyclone.
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