Cyclone Amphan

Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan was a very powerful tropical cyclone that caused a lot of damage in East India and Bangladesh in May 2020. It caused over US$13 billion dollars of damage and killed a total of 118 people. It was the strongest cyclone to hit the Ganges Delta since Cyclone Sidr in 2007.

Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan

Super cyclonic storm (IMD scale)
Category 5 (Saffir–Simpson scale)
Amphan near peak intensity over the Bay of Bengal on May 18
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	925 mbar (hPa); 27.32 inHg
Fatalities	118 total
Damage	> $13.35 billion (2020 USD) (Costliest on record in the North Indian Ocean)
Areas affected	Sri Lanka, India (Andaman Islands, Odisha, West Bengal), Bangladesh, Bhutan
Part of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

A map showing the path of the storm.

It formed on the 16 May in the Bay of Bengal and tracked into the Ganges Delta before dissipating on the 21 May.

Cyclone Amphan Media

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  Satellite animation of Amphan rapidly intensifying on 17 May.

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  Amphan shortly after being classified as a depression on 16 May

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  Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing a high-level meeting to review the response measures against cyclone Amphan, in New Delhi on 18 May 2020.

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  Amphan approaching East India and Bangladesh on 19 May

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  Damage from Cyclone Amphan in Kolkata

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  Satellite animation of Amphan making landfall over West Bengal on 20 May

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  Cyclonic Storm Amphan on May 20, 2020

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  Amphan weakening over Bangladesh as unsettled weather extends into Bhutan

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  Prime Minister Narendra Modi making an aerial survey of Cyclone Amphan affected areas of West Bengal on 22 May 2020.

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  Prime Minister Narendra Modi with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, held a review meeting after the aerial survey of the Cyclone Amphan affected areas of West Bengal, in Basirhat on 22 May 2020.