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Floods and destruction in Kolkata after 'super cyclone'

Thursday, 21 May 2020 2:03 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 21 May 2020 2:03 PM ]

People and police personnel gather around a tree that fell on electric lines on a street after the landfall of cyclone Amphan in Kolkata on May 21, 2020. (Photo by AFP)

Kolkata awoke to flooded streets, uprooted trees and cars window-deep in water on Thursday, after eastern India and Bangladesh were hit by Cyclone Amphan. The death toll rose to 84 on Thursday, officials said, as people picked through the destruction left in the cyclone's wake.

(Source: AFP)

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