“The EU is determined to start helping people in need with no further delay and provides an initial funding of €500,000 for India and €1,100,000 to support the immediate response in Bangladesh,” EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic said in a statement, reports BSS. He said this storm hit at a time when social distancing was essential to prevent further spread of the coronavirus. “A crisis on top of a crisis, so to say,” he added, according to a media release issued by EU delegation on Tuesday. He said the EU’s "Copernicus Emergency Management Service" has supported Bangladesh and India with satellite maps to assess damages due to the cyclone. Dozens of people lost their lives as extremely severe cyclone Amphan made landfall on the shore of West Bengal in eastern India and made its way further northeast towards Bangladesh, causing further destruction and flooding.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 26, 2020 09:33 UTC