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Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan (/ ˈ ʌ m. p ʌ n / um-pun) [1] 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.
Amphan, now classified by India's Meteorological Department (IMD) as an extremely severe cyclonic storm, was packing maximum sustained winds around 155-165 km/h (96-102 mph) and gusts to 185 km/h ...
Satellite image of the 1999 Odisha cyclone making landfall on eastern India as one of the most intense tropical cyclones in North Indian Ocean. Super cyclonic storm is the highest category used by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to classify tropical cyclones, within the North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone basin between the Malay Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula.
Winds and rain battered the Kolkata area on May 20 as Cyclone Amphan approached, having made landfall during the afternoon as an “extremely severe cyclonic storm” over the northwest Bay of ...
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. It made landfall in West Bengal with 100 mph winds.
Check out these insane visuals of Cyclone Amphan earlier from Andhra Pradesh before it left for coastal areas of Bengal & Odisha. Note: There is no driver in this bus! Credit: Rahul Jha @JhaRahul ...
The costliest tropical cyclone was Cyclone Amphan of 2020 which hit the state of Odisha and West Bengal. The damage cost was US$13 billion beating the record of Cyclone Nargis. [73] The deadliest is the 1839 India cyclone which hit the present day state of Andhra Pradesh. It caused over 300,000 fatalities and 20,000 ship destroyed. [74]
AHMEDABAD/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Heavy rains battered India and Pakistan's coastal areas along the Arabian Sea, flooding cities in western India's Gujarat state and forcing thousands of people from ...