A deadly cyclone pounded eastern India and Bangladesh, destroying thousands of homes
The full extent of the casualties and damage to property inflicted by Cyclone Amphan would only be known once communications were restored, officials said.
“I have never seen such a cyclone in my life. It seemed like the end of the world. All I could do was to pray... Almighty Allah saved us,” Azgar Ali, 49, a resident of Satkhira district on the Bangladesh coast told Reuters. “Devastation is huge. Many villages are flooded. It tore off tin roofs, snapped power lines, and uprooted trees.”
“The tidal surge submerged some part of the forest,” said Belayet Hossain, a forest official on the Bangladesh side of the forest. “We have seen trees uprooted, the tin-roofs of the guard towers blown off,” he said. Television images showed upturned boats on the shore, people wading through knee-deep water and buses crashed into each other. The airport in Kolkata, West Bengal’s state capital, lay under water and several neighbourhoods in the city of 14 million people have had no electricity since the storm struck, according to residents.
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