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Cyclone Amphan: Scenes from the day after reveal wanton destruction in Kolkata and West Bengal

Seventy-six people have been reported to be killed so far in West Bengal.

Scroll Staff
May 22, 2020 · 12:10 pm
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#CycloneAmphanUpdate Destruction caused by Amphan in Kolkata pic.twitter.com/F5yut7kteV

— Anjali Pathak (@Anjali_0497) May 20, 2020

Amphan has left us with enormous destruction to #Kolkata city.#Amphan #AmphanUpdate #AmphanCyclon pic.twitter.com/JJre7oZ9Up

— Mohammad Feroz Khan محمد فيروز خان (@IAMFKhan_Sufe) May 21, 2020

#Amphan ‘s Trail of Destruction in Bengal !!! pic.twitter.com/xMNmTbiFm0

— Supriya Bhardwaj (@Supriya23bh) May 21, 2020

Boundary Wall of our flat.
Amphan Cyclone Effect. :")#AmphanCyclon#prayforwestbengal pic.twitter.com/6Znd14oNaP

— Koustav Ghosh (@koustavghosh_) May 21, 2020

The Aftermath of Cyclone Amphan.
This was the worst cyclone to hit the state of West Bengal and Odisha in the last 30 years. The WB CM announced that 72 people have died in the state out of which 17 are from Kolkata.
Most people still don’t have electricity or mobile networks. pic.twitter.com/1LyqYmGYXZ

— Faye DSouza (@fayedsouza) May 21, 2020

Kolkata has gone dark ! Unstable internet, roads closed, no power ... Bengal facing a massive disaster... CM Mamata said that she was “shocked” to see such devastation Amphan@MamataOfficial pic.twitter.com/YIrpxqqPGz

— Indiapost News (@IPNews_24) May 20, 2020
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