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Cyclone Remal kills 6 people in West Bengal
Several parts of West Bengal were lashed due to heavy rain and gusty winds as the cyclonic storm made landfall late on Sunday night
Published: 27 May 2024, 05:15 PM
Commuters walk past uprooted trees after heavy rainfall in Kolkata on May 27, 2024, following the landfall of Cyclone Remal in India's West Bengal state. Residents of low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh and India surveyed the damage on May 27 as an intense cyclone weakened into a heavy storm, with roofs ripped off and trees uprooted. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR and DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)
Cyclone Remal has killed six people in West Bengal, India, news agency Reuters said, citing officials.
Several parts of West Bengal were lashed due to heavy rain and gusty winds as Cyclone 'Remal' made landfall late on Sunday night.
Officials of the Indian Meteorological Department said that the wind speed is 70–80 kmph; it will reduce to 50–70 kmph by evening and 40–50 kmph by night.
Talking to AFP, Bankim Chandra Hazra, senior state government minister in West Bengal, said the "cyclone has blown off the roofs of hundreds of houses" and "uprooted thousands of mangrove trees and electricity poles.".
"Storm surges and rising sea levels have breached a number of embankments," Hazra added. "Some island villages are flooded."