Cyclone Amphan makes landfall near the border of India and Bangladesh with sustained winds of 160 kph. Follow live updates.
India's National Disaster Response Force warn people about Cyclone Amphan in Namkhana, West Bengal, India, on May 19. National Disaster Response Force/AP
Cyclone Amphan has created a"fast changing, transforming situation" in India, the director general of the country's National Disaster Relief Force Satya Narayan Pradhan has said. “Our work, in terms of restoration and recovery, begins after the cyclone landfall. This is a long-haul process," Pradhan said Wednesday, speaking at a press conference in Delhi.
“All 20 [disaster relief] teams in Odisha are on ground. No one is on standby anymore. All teams have been called in.” “In West Bengal, out of the total 21 [teams], 19 are on ground. One of the two teams on standby are now in Kolkata to look after the urban areas.”sent by the Indian government to accompany Pradhan's remarks added that all the teams were equipped with PPE, as officials try to deal with the storm amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Pradhan said more than half a million people had been evacuated across Odisha and West Bengal.
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