project file on amphan cyclone in westbengal
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Cyclonic Amphan
- Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan was a powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in Eastern India, specifically West Bengal, and also Bangladesh in May 2020.
- It was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Ganges Delta since Sidr of the 2007 season and the first super cyclonic storm to have formed in the Bay of Bengal since the 1999 Odisha cyclone.
- It was also the fourth super cyclone that hit West Bengal since 1582, after 1737, 1833 and 1942, as well as being one of the strongest storm to impact the area.
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Formed:- 16 May 2020
Dissipated:- 21 May 2020
Highest winds:- 3-minute sustained: 240 km/h (150 mph) 1-minute sustained: 260 km/h (160 mph)
Lowest pressure:- 920 hPa (mbar); 27.17 inHg
Fatalities:- 128 total
Damage:- $13.7 billion (2020 USD)
(Costliest on record in the North Indian Ocean)
Areas affectedIndia:- (West Bengal, Odisha, Andaman Islands), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan
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