Tropical cyclone Amphan is set to hit coasts of India and Bangladesh with authorities making preparations for the possible destruction
Sun sets behind a patterned cloud formed over the city in Kolkata, West Bengal state, India on May 18, 2020.
It will hit at a time when both countries are struggling with the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed a combined total of more than 3,500 lives from over 124,000 confirmed cases. According to a local expert, the cyclone is capable of inflicting catastrophic damage in a heavily populated, low-lying area that has seen staggeringly high death tolls in past storms.
Urging people not to be afraid, he assured that everyone will be provided with dry food along with other essential items until the storm is over. Pointing to the weak conditions of dams in many coastal areas of Bangladesh, he added: “Before every monsoon period, the government constructs coastal dams. But due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was not done this year.”
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