Authorities in eastern India and Bangladesh were scrambling to move tens of thousands of villagers away from the coast as super cyclone Amphan barrels across the Bay of Bengal
India faces one of its biggest storms in about a decade, the weather office said, as the super cyclone Amphan, equivalent to a hurricane of category 5, is expected to hit its coast late on Wednesday.
Neighbouring Bangladesh, where the cyclone threatens the worst storm in about 15 years along a low-lying coast, was moving people to higher ground and urging use of masks against the virus, which has caused 20,995 infections and 314 deaths. The cyclone, packing windspeeds of up to 160 kph , could cause tidal waves and heavy rainfall to unleash floods.
Limited space and poor housing leaves refugees extremely vulnerable, Snigdha Chakraborty, an official of Catholic Relief Services, said in a statement.
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