On Wednesday, a part of Kolkata Airport has been submerged due to heavy rains caused by cyclone Amphan in Bay of Bengal. Significantly, in Odisha and West Bengal, there has been heavy destruction due to Amphan. In Bengal, 12 people have died. In many places the trees were uprooted and in some places due to heavy rains, waterlogging also occurred. Cyclone Amphan reached the coast between Digha in West Bengal and Hatia Island in Bangladesh at around 2.30 pm on Wednesday. During this, winds went at a speed of 190 km per hour. The cyclone caused massive destruction in the coastal areas, uprooted trees and electric poles in large numbers, ravaged houses were also severely damaged.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that the impact of this storm was worse than Coronavirus. According to the news agency PTI, Mamata has been monitoring the situation in Nabanna, the state secretariat since Tuesday night. She said that due to this devastating storm, there has been a lot of destruction in South Bengal.

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The meeting of the Task Force on Emphon has been called at three o'clock on Thursday afternoon. In this meeting, there will be a discussion on taking necessary steps to provide relief to the loss and immediate people and to establish contact. Mamata said that from the information received, it seems that more than one lakh crore has been damaged by the storm. It will be the first priority of the government to supply essential commodities from drinking water to the cut off areas. She said that the government had already evacuated five lakh people to a safe place. Due to which the loss of life has been controlled to a great extent. It has been said that a record 180 mm of rain has been recorded in Kolkata in three hours and many areas of the metropolis and districts have been submerged.

#WATCH West Bengal: A portion of Kolkata Airport flooded in wake of #CycloneAmphan pic.twitter.com/28q5MdqoD2

— ANI (@ANI) May 21, 2020

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