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Added on the 20/05/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Strong winds billow across fields in Midnapore in the Indian state of West Bengal, as Cyclone Amphan - the Bay of Bengal's fiercest cyclone in decades - bears down on India and Bangladesh. IMAGES
Kolkata, May 22 (EFE/EPA).-India and Bangladesh on Friday stepped up relief and rehabilitation efforts to deal with the massive trail of destruction left behind by the powerful cyclone Amphan as the death toll from the storm climbed to 106 across the two countries. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY). SHOT LIST: THE AFTERMATH OF CYCLONE AMPHAN IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
Bokkhali Village, May 21 (EFE/EPA).- At least 22 people have been killed, thousands of houses destroyed and millions forced out of their homes in India and Bangladesh as cyclone Amphan left a trail of death and destruction in one of the most populous regions in the world. In India, the eastern city of Kolkata bore the brunt of the storm with many of its 14 million residents left without electricity and communications since Wednesday afternoon. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY). SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF BOKKHALI VILLAGE NEAR THE BAY OF BENGAL, INDIA , AS CYCLONE AMPHAN MAKES LANDFALL.
Odisha/Kolkata/Dhaka, May 20 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Piyal Adhikary/Monirul Alam) More than three million people were evacuated to safer places in India and Bangladesh before one of the most powerful cyclones in decades made landfall on Wednesday amid warnings of potential widespread damage.FOOTAGE OF THE EFFECT OF THE CYCLONE.
Bengal, May 27 (EFE/EPA).- Cyclone Yaas has weakened into a depression on Thursday as it passed over eastern and northern India, a day after causing 12 deaths and widespread damage across the Indian east coast and Bangladesh.With warnings issued a week in advance, Indian and Bangladeshi authorities managed to evacuate nearly two million people before the storm made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha on Wednesday as a "very severe" cyclone, carrying sustained winds of 130-140 kilometers per hour with gusts of up to 155 kph.SHOT LIST: THE AFTERMATH OF CYCLONE YAAS IN DIGHA TOWN NEAR BAY OF BENGAL, EASTERN INDIA.