Amphan, a powerful tropical cyclone caused widespread damage over Eastern India and Bangladesh in May 2020. It is the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Ganges Delta since Cyclone Sidr of the 2007 season and the first super cyclonic storm to occur in the Bay of Bengal since the 1999 Odisha cyclone. Seventy-two people died in Bengal as winds at 120 km/hour and heavy rain left a trail of devastation. Visuals from the Kolkata airport showed a flooded tarmac, runways and hangars. In one area, the roof seemed to have caved in.
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