A powerful cyclone plowed inland on Wednesday after crashing into the coasts of India and Bangladesh, where more than 2.6 million people fled to shelters in a frantic evacuation made all the more …
Millions in India, Bangladesh head for safety amid cyclone, virus
A strong cyclone struck coastal India and Bangladesh on Wednesday sending millions of people to seek shelters, as evacuation measures become more challenging by the coronavirus.
Cyclone Amphan, strongest storm in over a decade, slams coast of India, Bangladesh as millions flee
One of the strongest storms in more than a decade roared ashore in eastern India and Bangladesh Wednesday, packing heavy rain and wind as millions fled to shelters in an evacuation complicated by the …
Cyclone Amphan Live Updates: Storm Strikes Coast as India and Bangladesh Take Shelter
The storm is hitting a starkly vulnerable and densely populated region that is still under coronavirus lockdown.
Amphan: Cyclone wreaks deadly havoc in India and Bangladesh
Cyclone Amphan has made violent landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh, lashing communities along the coast with ferocious wind and rain. It uprooted trees and toppled dwellings in both countries, …
Social distancing ditched as Cyclone Amphal batters India, Bangladesh
The shelter, west of Kolkata in Midnapore district, opened just before the strongest storm in decades collided into the nearby coast packing winds of up to 190 kilometres per hour (118 mph). Amphan is …
Cyclone Amphan: India and Bangladesh face storm surges and 121 mph winds
Forecasters predict wind speeds up to 195km/h (121mph) and storm surges as tall as two-storey buildings as cyclone Amphan makes landfall across parts of eastern India and Bangladesh.
Strongest cyclone in more than a decade tears into India, Bangladesh
Cyclone Amphan killed at least five people as it swept through eastern India and Bangladesh, accompanied by a storm surge that destroyed hundreds of homes.
Bangladesh, India extend Inland Water Transit and Trade Protocol
The second addendum on Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade between Bangladesh and India was signed on Wednesday morning at the Secretariat. Five more ports of call and two Indo Bangladesh …
Bangladesh on verge of double whammy amid virus
DHAKA, Bangladesh . Bangladesh faces a double whammy due to shrinking global labor market amid the coronavirus pandemic, posing a threat to foreign remittances and at the same tim …