After COVID-19 & Cyclone Amphan, Odisha Fire Service To Fight Locust Menace: Satyajit Mohanty. Kolkata: Cyclone Amphan, which battered Bengal practically all day on Wednesday, has killed 72 people, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. A man stands next to a house damaged in Cyclone Amphan in Sunderbans region’s Sagar island. He said that the Fire Services will play a leading role in locust management. Cyclone Amphan has made landfall near Sagar Island in West Bengal, India, close to the Bangladeshi border.

They will mostly be charged with… Read More » Cyclone Amphan uprooted trees and toppled homes in both countries, including in the Indian city of Kolkata in West Bengal. At around 1am on May 19, winds of around 80kmph woke up Sanjay Mandal. The storm made landfall around 5 …