Deadly cyclone cuts destructive path in India and Bangladesh Wide areas of coastal India and Bangladesh are flooded and millions of people are without power after Cyclone Amphan struck the regionNEW DELHI -- Wide swaths of coastal India and Bangladesh were flooded and millions were without power Thursday as Cyclone Amphan, the most powerful storm to hit the region in more than a decade, killed over 80 people and cut a path of destruction that is still being assessed. Officials in both countries said the full extent of the damage caused by the cyclone was not known because communications to many places were cut. At least 74 people were killed in India, with most of the deaths in West Bengal state, which includes Kolkata. About 10 million people in Bangladesh remained without electricity, said Moin Uddin, chairman of the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board. Debashish Shyamal, who lives in a fishing village along the West Bengal coast, took shelter with his family in a government clinic.

Source: ABC News May 21, 2020 04:05 UTC