Cyclone Amphan made landfall Wednesday afternoon near the town of Digha, on India’s eastern coast. As the storm approached from the Bay of Bengal this week, hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from coastal areas near the border of India and Bangladesh.
On Wednesday, Amphan was a Category 2 storm with winds of 98 m.p.h. The storm was forecast to pound Kolkata, one of India’s biggest cities, with heavy rain, and its storm surge is likely to flood low-lying areas. For the latest updates, follow our live coverage.
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Note: Times on the map are shown in Indian Standard Time (I.S.T.). Source: Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System
