Cyclone Amphan HIGHLIGHTS: No Stones Will Be Left Unturned To Help Bengal, Says PM Modi
Cyclone Amphan Updates: Cyclone Amphan which is battering India and Bangladesh has so far killed at least 72 people in West Bengal's six districts and 12 people in seven coastal districts of Bangladesh. The super cyclonic storm is now turning into a land depression.
Reports from Bangladeshi media said the cyclone is likely to move further in a north-northeasterly direction and weaken gradually
The seven districts where the destruction and loss of lives have taken place in Bangladesh are Patuakhali, Satkhira, Pirojpur, Bhola and Barguna.
The Bangladesh Met Office instructed the maritime ports to lower great danger signals and hoist local cautionary signal No. 3 instead, said Shamsuddin Ahmed, Director of the weather office was quoted as saying
It;s double whammy for West Bengal and Bangladesh which have been overwrought with the rising cases of Coronavirus and now Cyclone Amphan which is causing mayhem. The maritime ports of Mongla and Payra in Bangladesh have been asked by authorities to keep following great danger signal No. 10, while Chattogram and Cox's Bazar ports were advised to continue hoisting great danger signal No. 9, as Cyclone Amphan approached the coast. As per details available, the low lying areas of the coastal districts and their offshore islands and chars were submerged by storm that surged 10-15 feet above the normal astronomical tide.
Several parts of neighbouring West Bengal and Odisha have been lashed by gusty winds and heavy rains and so far the death toll recorded from both states is 20.
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Background
Amphan Cyclone: Cyclone Amphan, which has weakened from a super cyclone to an 'extremely severe cyclonic storm', will make a landfall in Bengal between Wednesday afternoon and evening even as strong winds accompanied by heavy rain lashed different south Bengal districts since morning. Strong winds and heavy rain continue to lash Chandipur and other parts of Odisha, as widespread effect of Amphan Cyclone.
Amphan (which is pronounced UM-PUN) lays 155-km south-southeast of Paradip in Odisha, 177-km south of Digha and 260 km from West Bengal capital Kolkata. It has moved towards north-northeast with a speed of 22 km/hour during the past 6 hours. According to MeT Department sources, Amphan will move towards north-northeast and pass through the West Bengal-Bangladesh coastline between Digha and Hatiya Island, located close to Sunderbans region, with a wind speed of 155-165 km/hour gusting to 185 km/hour.
Over 3 lakh people have already been evacuated from the coastal districts of West Bengal, including East Midnapore, South 24-Parganas, and North 24-Parganas.
Other south Bengal districts like West Midnapore, Howrah, Hooghly, and Kolkata will also experience heavy rain during the cyclonic spell -- one of the worst storms over the Bay of Bengal since 1999.
Indian Navy has said that the Eastern Naval Command is monitoring the developments in the Bay of Bengal closely & Naval Officers-in-Charge (West Bengal) & (Odisha) are in constant communication with respective State Administrations to augment rescue and relief operations as needed.
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