Cyclone Amphan Armed To Inflict Catastrophic Damage

Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan threatens to inflict a devastating blow on one of the most vulnerable places on Earth for tropical weather systems: the mouth of the Bay of Bengal, including parts of India, low-lying Bangladesh and Myanmar.

As super cyclone Amphan advanced towards Bengal and Odisha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah this morning spoke to Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee and Navin Patnaik, and assured them of all possible help. Cyclone Amphan, equivalent of a category 5 hurricane, is gathering strength and is expected to hit the coast of Bengal late on Wednesday. More than 50 lakh people are b...

Super Cyclone Amphan, likely to make landfall in West Bengal this afternoon, has weakened into an extremely severe cyclonic storm, triggering heavy rain and gusts of wind in Odisha and rain in some parts of Bengal. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) chief SN Pradhan on Tuesday told reporters they face the "double challenge" of the coronavirus pandemic and a natur...

Cyclone Amphan is a very intense storm which can wreak large-scale damage, India Meteorological Department Director General M Mohapatra said on Monday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said all precautionary steps, including evacuation of people from coastal areas, have been taken to deal with any eventuality arising out of cyclone Amphan, which is fast approaching the the state.

Srikakulam District Collector J Nivas on Monday said that the administration is "fully geared up" to face Cyclone Amphan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review the response measures and preparedness to tackle Cyclone Amphan, which is likely to cross West Bengal on Wednesday.

The NDRF has enhanced its strength to a total of 37 teams, with the addition of 20 more, to combat the "dual challenge" of cyclone ''Amphan'' amid the coronavirus pandemic, the chief of the federal contingency force said on Monday.

Cyclone Amphan turned in to a "super cyclonic storm" on Monday morning, the weather office said, hours after it intensified in to an "extremely severe cyclonic storm". Two states- Bengal and Odisha - have been alerted over the storm, which is expected to make a landfall in Bengal on Wednesday. "The Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm 'AMPHAN' (pronounced as UM-PUN) inten...

Two states- Bengal and Odisha- have been alerted about Cyclone AMPHAN, which turned into an "extremely severe" overnight. The storm is likely to make a landfall in Bengal on Wednesday.

A cyclone alert has been sounded in West Bengal and Odisha as AMPHAN intensified into an "extremely severe" storm overnight, the weather office said. Itis expected to make a landfall in Bengal on Wednesday.

Cyclone Amphan, a severe storm, will turn "extremely severe" in the next 24 hours, weather agency India Meteorological Department said on Sunday.

Cyclonic storm ''Amphan'' over the southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm in the next 12 hours and into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm by Monday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.