Amphan

Six Months, Two Cyclones, One Island: A Tale Of Destruction In West Bengal

By Jayanta Basu/thethirdpole.net Cyclone Amphan made landfall on May 20, 2020, at latitude 21.65 degrees north, longitude 88.3 degrees east. Cyclone Bulbul made landfall on…

Community-Run Tourism Can Help Sundarbans Cyclone Recovery

By Bipul Chatterjee, Arnab Ganguly/thethirdpole.net The governments of West Bengal and Bangladesh are still busy providing relief to the victims of Cyclone Amphan, which devastated…

Indigenous Peoples In Sundarbans Ruined By Lockdown, Cyclone

By Jayanta Basu/thethirdpole.net Most of the indigenous population in the Sundarbans – earliest settlers among the five million-odd people who live in the deltaic archipelago…

After Cyclone Amphan, Broken Houses And Rotting Fish

By Joydeep Gupta/thethirdpole.net “What is the point in rebuilding our house,” asks Santanu Haldar, “when we know it will be torn down in the next…

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May 24, GoHeadlines - Top News Of The Hour COVID-19 cases near 132,000 in the country; 6767 new cases in the last 24 hours Cyclone…

Super Cyclone Amphan: Timely Response And Lessons To Be Learned

The Bay of Bengal has long been known as a ‘Storm Breeder’. Henry Piddington was a British Meteorologist, who coined the word ‘Cyclone ‘in 1840.…

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May 22, GoHeadlines - Top News Of The Hour COVID-19 cases cross 118,000 in the country, over 66,000 active cases  Mumbai: More than 25,000 COVID-19…

Cyclone Amphan: 72 Dead In W. Bengal, Mamata Urges PM Modi To Visit State

So far 72 deaths have been confirmed in West Bengal due to the devastation caused by cyclone Amphan. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she…

Cyclone Amphan Makes Landfall In West Bengal With Superstorm Winds

Cyclone Amphan has hit West Bengal and Odisha, making landfall with wind speeds which could cross 110 kmph by the time the storm reaches the…

Cyclone Amphan: Evacuees And COVID-19 Quarantined Crammed Inside Same Buildings

By Joydeep Gupta, Zobaidur Rahman/thethirdpole.net The West Bengal government evacuated over 200,000 residents of coastal villages as the extremely severe Cyclone Amphan moved north by northeast…