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Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan ( / ˈəmpʔən /) was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in Eastern India, specifically in West Bengal and Odisha, and in Bangladesh, in May 2020. It was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Ganges Delta.
Cyclone Amphan was the costliest tropical cyclone ever recorded in India and the North Indian Ocean, and the strongest cyclone ever since the 1999 Odisha Cyclone. It was the first storm, and strongest of the historic 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season , the costliest recorded cyclone season.
May 21, 2020 · Satellite images, weather maps and tracks of Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan 2020, 15 - 21 May. Max wind speed 270km/h.
May 21, 2020 · Cyclone Amphan causes havoc in India and Bangladesh. The eastern Indian city of Kolkata has been devastated by a powerful cyclone which has killed at least 84 people across India and...
May 21, 2020 · Cyclone Amphan has created a “fast changing, transforming situation” in India, the director general of the country’s National Disaster Relief Force Satya Narayan Pradhan has said.
Cyclone Amphan formed on Saturday, May 16, 2020 in the Northern Indian Ocean and was initially designated Tropical Cyclone 01B. It quickly strengthened to a Category 5 cyclone as it moved north in the Bay of Bengal, making it the most powerful cyclone to form in the Bay of Bengal to date.
May 22, 2020 · Millions of people across Bangladesh and eastern India are taking stock of the devastation left by Cyclone Amphan. A massive clean-up operation has begun after the storm left at least 96 dead and...
May 20, 2020 · Cyclone Amphan has made landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh, killing at least 15 people as it lashed coastal areas with ferocious wind and rain. Trees were uprooted and homes toppled in both...
May 19, 2020 · Cyclone Amphan made landfall Wednesday afternoon near the town of Digha, on India’s eastern coast. As the storm approached from the Bay of Bengal this week, hundreds of thousands of people were...
May 20, 2020 · NEW DELHI — A dreaded cyclone tore through eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, knocking down trees, smashing countless shacks and killing at least several people, but, it appeared ...
