Army called in to help cyclone-ravaged Indian city
Members of the National Disaster Response Force try to remove a tree trunk from a residential building after Cyclone Amphan hit the Bengal, at Kalyani town near Kolkata on Wednesday. – EPA pic, May 24, 2020.
THE Indian Army has been mobilised to help with cleaning up after a devastating cyclone hit the eastern city of Kolkata, as thousands today rallied again over power and water shortages. At least 112 people were killed in eastern India and Bangladesh after Cyclone Amphan – the strongest storm to hit the region since 1999 – struck on Wednesday.
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