Indian army called in to help cyclone-ravaged Kolkata

Streets were flooded, while power lines were brought down and fallen trees blocked roads. FMTNews

A man chops branches of a fallen tree obstructing a road in Kolkata after Cyclone Amphan hit the region.

Streets were flooded in Kolkata, home to 15 million people, while power lines were brought down and fallen trees blocked roads. “This is a huge disaster. We need to have patience, because nobody has seen such a disaster before,” Banerjee said Sunday. One of Asia’s oldest botanic gardens was not spared by the cyclone, with more than 1,000 trees uprooted and hundreds more damaged, officials said.

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