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Cyclone Dana is expected to hammer the low-lying regions of West Bengal and Odisha, home to around 150 million people, as a “severe cyclonic storm” late on Thursday or Friday morning, India ...
Cyclone Remal killed seven people and injured over 100 in West Bengal. [9] The cyclone toppled 356 electricity poles, [ 38 ] destroyed 2,500 houses and damaged 27,000 others in the state. [ 39 ] Evacuations were ordered for more than 50,000 people in the Sundarbans region. [ 40 ]
West Bengal, the epicenter of the cyclone's landfall, saw the most widespread damage from Amphan. The storm was considered the strongest to hit the region in over a decade. [3] At least 86 people died in West Bengal; [95] most of the fatalities were due to electrocution or the collapse of homes. [103]
On November 9, the cyclone made its final landfall in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, and around that time the storm turned to the northeast, moving into Bangladesh. The system degenerated into a remnant low two days later, over northeastern India. In India and Bangladesh, the storm caused storm surge, heavy rains, and flash floods.
The 1970 Bhola cyclone (also known as the Great Cyclone of 1970 [1]) was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on 12 November 1970. [2] It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded and one of the world's deadliest humanitarian disasters.
More than 50 people have died in India and Bangladesh after Tropical Cyclone Remal lashed the ... About 2 million people live in storm-affected areas in Bangladesh, according to non-profit BRAC ...
The Bangladeshi authorities evacuated thousands of people to shelters as the cyclone moved northward from the Bay of Bengal and approached Bangladesh's extensive coastline. The government also requested fishing boats to return from the deep sea and remain anchored in the Bay of Bengal, closed three airports, and stopped all river transportation ...
On average around 2 to 4 tropical cyclones impact India every year, while most of these tropical cyclones impact the east coast of Indian states of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu. From the 1960s to the mid-2000s, 65% of global tropical cyclone fatalities were located in the Bay of Bengal.