NEW DELHI, May 21 (NNN-PTI) – Three people were killed Wednesday, after super cyclone Amphan battered India’s eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to local media, two women and a man were killed after gusty winds uprooted trees in Howrah and North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The super cyclone, triggering winds of up to 190 kph, entered West Bengal accompanied with heavy rains, leaving a trail of destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials said, the cyclone entered into human habitations, blowing away makeshift houses, uprooting electric poles and trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Super cyclone Amphan crossed West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts, as a very severe cyclonic storm with speed of 155-165 kph gusting to 185 kph across Sunderban, near Latitude 21.65\u00b0N and Longitude 88.3\u00b0E,” reads information released by India Meteorological Department (IMD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities said, they evacuated 658,000 people in West Bengal and Odisha, ahead of the cyclone. Half a million people were evacuated in West Bengal, and over 158,000 were evacuated in Odisha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) chief, S N Pradhan, told a press conference in New Delhi that 20 teams of rescuers have begun road clearing operations in Odisha, while in West Bengal the personnel were shifting people to safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cyclonic storm is likely to get weaker while crossing over Nadia and Murshidabad in West Bengal later, before entering Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities deployed 41 teams of NDRF in West Bengal and Odisha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The severe cyclonic storm comes at a time when India is fighting COVID-19, which has affected 106,750 people in the country and killed 3,303.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reports said, cyclone Amphan is one of the worst storms over the Bay of Bengal in years.– NNN-PTI <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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