bay of bengal

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…

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.…

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 Intensifies Into Superstorm, Bengal And Odisha On High Alert

Bengal and Odisha are on high alert after the cyclonic storm Amphan over central parts of South Bay of Bengal has intensified. The Indian Meteorological…

Lines On Water Cannot Save Bay Of Bengal Fisheries

By Mohammad Arju/thethirdpole.net Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar have divided the Bay of Bengal, legally, but neither fish, nor fishers are bound by the lines on the…

People Rush Back To The Sundarbans, Untested

By Jayanta Basu/thethirdpole.net Climate change forced them out, COVID-19 has brought them back. Since mid-March, as the pandemic started to assume dangerous proportions in India,…