Powerful Cyclone Amphan makes landfall in India
May 20, 2020
Weather officials say the cyclone could wreak havoc in India and Bangladesh.
Cyclone Amphan, one of the most powerful in decades, made landfall in eastern India on Wednesday packing winds of up to 190 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, an official said.
"The cyclone has made landfall. The eye is over Sagar Island" on the coast, Sanjib Banerjee, director of the regional meteorological office in Kolkata, told AFP.
Weather officials say the cyclone could wreak havoc in India and Bangladesh, and millions of coastal residents have evacuated or battened down ahead of the storm's approach.
Residents walk along a house on a flooded street heading to a shelter ahead of the expected landfall of cyclone Amphan, in Dacope of Khulna district on May 20, 2020. Photos by Munir uz Zaman / AFP
Residents walk past a great danger signal 10 flag (C) ahead of the expected landfall of cyclone Amphan, in Dacope of Khulna district on May 20, 2020.
A boy runs along an embankment ahead of the expected landfall of cyclone Amphan, in Dacope on May 20, 2020.