The authorities acted quickly to move people from the cyclone’s path, but worried they might be putting them into the path of the coronavirus.VideoCyclone Amphan hit India’s coast as the country and neighboring Bangladesh are struggling with coronavirus infections. The storm also caused floods in Sri Lanka.CreditCredit...Reuters‘The next 24 hours are very crucial.’Bridges swept away.…
Millions fled, and several deaths have been reported, but for the moment, at least, residents say it appears it could have been much worse.Paradeep, India, as Cyclone Amphan made landfall Wednesday.Credit...EPA, via ShutterstockNEW DELHI — A dreaded cyclone tore through eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, knocking down trees, smashing countless shacks and killing at…
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…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…