Cyclone Amphan LIVE Updates: PM Modi to Conduct Aerial Survey in Bengal, Odisha as Death Toll Climbs to 76

Cyclone Amphan Depression to Weaken: IMD | Depression (remnant of the Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan) weakened into a well marked low pressure area over north Bangladesh and neighbourhood at 11.30 pm on May 21. To continue to move north-northeastwards & weaken further into a low pressure area in next 12 hours, ANI reported IMD as saying.

Restoration Work in West Bengal | Restoration work being carried out at Uluberia, Howrah, West Bengal, by NDRF in the wake of Cyclone Amphan.

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𝐃𝐀𝐘1-#PostAmphanRestoration@NDRFHQ @ Restoration Work at Uluberia, Howrah, West Bengal#NDRF4U#Committed2Serve @NDRFHQ @ndmaindia @PMOIndia @HMOIndia @PIBHomeAffairs @BhallaAjay26 @DDNewslive @ANI @airnewsalerts @PTI_News pic.twitter.com/kJXx2yFQd3

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Cyclone Amphan Wreaks Havoc | People stand next to an uprooted tree after Cyclone Amphan made its landfall, in Kolkata, India. (Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri)

Mud embankments in the Sundarban delta were breached as the surge whipped up by the cyclone inundated several kilometres of the Island. With sea water entering agricultural land, more 2 lakh farmers…

Situation Due to Cyclone Amphan in Pictures | Police officers carried a disabled man to a safer place following his evacuation from a slum area before Cyclone Amphan had made its landfall, in Kolkata. (Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri)

Cyclone Leaves Sunderbans With Irreparable Damage | With the combined power of three hurricanes and believed to be West Bengal’s fiercest cyclone in decades, Amphan’s rage has left an irreparable damage on the ecological fragile Sundarbans region and its people in South and North 24-Parganas.

Cyclone Amphan Wreaks Havoc | A man salvages his belongings from the rubble of a damaged shop after Cyclone Amphan made its landfall, in South 24 Parganas district in the eastern state of West Bengal, India. (Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri)

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the cyclone-affected districts and provide help to

Compensation for Casualties' Kin in West Bengal | Chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh for the family members of each of the deceased in the wake of Cyclone Amphan. All the deaths were caused to tree and house collapse and electrocution, she said.

Cyclone #Amphan has left a trail of devastation beyond our thoughts. While the material damage is substantial, Bengal stands united in this time of crisis. Together we will overcome this because nothing can dampen the spirit and strength of the people of Bengal.

জয় বাংলা।

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) May 21, 2020

NDRF Carries Out Restoration Work in WB | Restoration work is being carried out towards Bashirhat in West Bengal by NDRF in wake of the destruction caused by Cyclone Amphan.

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𝐃𝐀𝐘2-#PostAmphanRestoration@NDRFHQ @ Restoration Work towards the Bashirhat, West Bengal #NDRF4U#Committed2Serve @NDRFHQ @ndmaindia @PMOIndia @HMOIndia @PIBHomeAffairs @BhallaAjay26 @DDNewslive @ANI @airnewsalerts @PTI_News pic.twitter.com/v9pLN2KriN

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Aerial Survey To be Conducted | “He will conduct aerial surveys and take part in review meetings, where aspects of relief and rehabilitation will be discussed," the PMO said in a tweet on Thursday.

Tomorrow, PM @narendramodi will travel to West Bengal and Odisha to take stock of the situation in the wake of Cyclone Amphan. He will conduct aerial surveys and take part in review meetings, where aspects of relief and rehabilitation will be discussed.

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 21, 2020

PM Modi to Visit Odisha, West Bengal Today | Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday travel to West Bengal and Odisha to take stock of the situation in the wake of cyclone Amphan wreaking havoc in the two states, said the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee earlier on Thursday said she would ask Modi to visit the state and witness the devastation for himself.