Super Cyclone Amphan Devastates Bengal

Cyclone Amphan, hit West Bengal on May 20 claiming 86 lives so far and affecting over 10 million people in the eastern Indian state. The powerful storm ripped through eastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh. The storm in West Bengal caused massive damage to standing crops, thousands of trees were uprooted, and power and water supply was interrupted in the state capital Kolkata. Many in the state have lost their entire homes as well.

Super Cyclone

  • A rapidly-rotating storm system characterised by spiral arrangement of thunderstorm rains, a low-pressure centre, strong winds, is what is known as a super cyclone.
  • They form ....
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