6 Hours Of Fear As Cyclone Amphan Ripped Through Kolkata: Videos

Cyclone Amphan roared into Bengal today at around 2.30 pm, ripping away walls, toppling trees and causing power cuts.

Dramatic videos of an electrical transformer sparking and exploding in Kolkata this evening have emerged on social media as Cyclone Amphan battered Bengal.

Trees shaking furiously, electric poles tilting to the ground, tin roofs trembling, battered by winds so strong, it seemed as if the whole landscape was covered with a white veil, showed one of the terrifying videos from West Bengal's Digha as cyclone Amphan roared into the country's eastern coast this evening.

The impact of Cyclone Amphan on West Bengal has been worse than the coronavirus pandemic, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said this evening after the extremely severe cyclonic storm pounded Bengal, killing three people, damaging buildings and uprooting trees. Damages due to Amphan, she said, could be worth Rs 1 lakh crore.

Cars bump into each other, heavy rain and strong winds pound Kolkata as Cyclone Amphan battered the West Bengal capital today, videos show. Winds with over speeds of 100 km/hr have hit Kolkata and nearby areas accompanied by heavy rain as Cyclone Amphan made landfall today towards Sunderbans, a marshy region.

More than 5 lakh people have been evacuated in West Bengal and 1,58,640 people in Odisha in view of cyclone Amhpan, said SN Pradhan, chief of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday.

Several million people battened down today as the outer edges of the fiercest cyclone in decades rattled Bangladesh and India, potentially bringing widespread destruction and misery in its wake.

Cyclone Amphan is likely to reach speeds up to 120 km per hour when it reaches Kolkata this evening, the weather office's chief said in a press briefing today. Over five lakh people have been taken to shelters in West Bengal and over one lakh in Odisha, the National Disaster Response Force (NRDF) chief said today in the same press briefing, where the Health Ministry's...

Cyclone Amphan, one of the worst storms over the Bay of Bengal in years, has slammed into Bengal and Odisha, bringing with it heavy rain, winds and waves. Over five lakh people have been taken to shelters in West Bengal and over one lakh in Odisha, the National Disaster Response Force (NRDF) chief said today in a press briefing. The cyclone will reach Kolkata this eve...

Cyclone Amphan, one of the worst storms over the Bay of Bengal in years, pounded Bengal and Odisha on Wednesday, destroying thousands of houses, damaging buildings, uprooting trees, electricity poles and killing at 10 to 12 people in Bengal. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the impact of Amphan was worse than the coronavirus pandemic and claimed damages due to the ...

A Bangladesh Red Crescent volunteer drowned Wednesday when a boat capsized while evacuating villagers in the path of Cyclone Amphan, the organisation said.

Cyclone Amphan is expected to cause "phenomenal flooding" when it strikes India's coast later today, an official private weather forecaster Skymet said, tracking the path of the storm as it barreled towards India.

Cyclone Amphan hit West Bengal and Odisha this evening, bringing with it heavy rain, winds and waves.