Pictures Showing The Aftermath Of Cyclone Amphan That Hits India

Harin - May 23, 2020


Pictures Showing The Aftermath Of Cyclone Amphan That Hits India

Cyclone Amphan ripped apart homes, washed away bridges, tore down trees, left rural areas without power, and killed at least 90 people before it weakened.

On May 20, Cyclone Amphan hit eastern India. Amphan was the most powerful cyclone that has ever been recorded in the Bay of Bengal. It ripped apart homes, washed away bridges, tore down trees, and left rural areas without power before it weakened. The cyclone killed at least 90 people.

Evacuation efforts are being complicated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Relief teams are struggling to figure out how to evacuate millions of people but protecting them against COVID-19 at the same time.

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A tree fell and crushed a bus in Kolkata, India.
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Items were taken away from a damaged store in West Bengal.
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A flooded street in Kolkata.
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A man climbed on an uprooted tree to cut its branches.
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A man was being carried away to receive medical treatment after a fallen tree broke his leg.
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The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport was flooded.
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A boat picked people up and transferred them to dry land in Shyamnagar.
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Rescue workers were cutting tree branches falling on a truck in Kolkata.
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A woman carrying a child under heavy rain to evacuate from a slum.
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A man walked under the rain in the Bhadrak district.
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Children at a relief camp.
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A man hid inside a hut.
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Commuters moved along the Howrah Bridge, Kolkata.
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A car ran through fallen tree branches.
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Heavy rain in the Bhadrak district, India.
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A shelter in Tajpur, India.
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A man covered himself with plastic under the heavy rain.
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A satellite image from NASA shows the cyclone over the Bay of Bengal.
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A volunteer carried a child in his arm as villagers evacuated Bakkhali, India.
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Strong waves in Chennai, India.

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