Amphan Cyclone Kolkata Bengal, Odisha.

It is regarded as the most fiercest cyclone to hit West Bengal in the last 100 years. Rail and vehicular traffic in Odisha and West Bengal was halted or rerouted. The Shramik train service for migrant workers was halted in both states for up to four days, with service expected to be curtailed in the storm's aftermath. AC Express special trains operating routes between New Delhi and Bhubaneswar were diverted to avoid the cyclone's effects. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata was closed until May 21, with planes evacuating or chocked and the airport terminal roof foritifed to minimize damage. Approximately 4.2 million people were evacuated in coastal India and Bangladesh, with roughly 2 million from India and 2.2 million from Bangladesh. Most of the evacuations in India occurred in West Bengal. West Bengal, the epicenter of the cyclone's landfall, saw the most widespread damage from Amphan. The storm was considered the strongest to hit the region in over a decade In Kolkata, damaging winds up to 133 km/h (83 mph) overturned vehicles and snapped trees Neighboring Odisha saw significant effects, with wind gusts reaching 106 km/h and rainfall up to 197.1 mm in Paradip. Sixty-five electrical substations were affected, leaving 1.9 million without power. Two people died in Odisha, one due to drowning and the other from a collapsed wall West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that Rs 1,000 crore fund has been created for restoration work for areas affected by the cyclone At present around 866 mobile towers, accounting for 70 per cent coverage, are operating on DG sets in the Amphan-hit area. At least 72 people are dead in Bengal and normal life is paralysed for millions in Kolkata and in the rural areas of both the States. Cyclone Amphan is only the second "super cyclone" to form over the Bay of Bengal since records began, and the first since 1999. Odisha was hit by a super cyclone that left nearly 10,000 dead in 1999.

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