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Super Cyclone Amphan has claimed 15 lives.
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While the corona virus is sweeping across India and Bangladesh, a heavy cyclone has now struck the two countries. Amphan is the worst storm since the beginning of the measurement. Millions of people have been fleeing the Super Cyclone since the beginning of the week.
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Amphan has already killed at least 15 people in India and Bangladesh. At least ten people died in India, and at least five others in neighboring Bangladesh, as the local media reported on Thursday night, citing the authorities. The cyclone had reached the mainland on Wednesday with a lot of wind and rain. According to the authorities, more than three million people had been taken to emergency shelters. The wind had reached up to 185 km / h.
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Among other things, the densely populated city of Kolkata in India with its 15 million inhabitants and coastal regions with many poorly built huts are affected. The corona pandemic makes the great evacuation even more difficult than usual. To ensure distance, authorities in both countries said they provided more emergency accommodation than usual in storms like this.
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Severe cyclones due to climate change
India and Bangladesh are struggling with more and more corona infections, and there is a curfew in both countries. According to records by the American Johns Hopkins University in India, more than 112,000 people have now been shown to be infected with the virus, and more than 3,400 died from the lung disease Covid-19. Bangladesh has over 26,700 confirmed infections and over 380 deaths.
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Cyclones occur again and again in the Gulf of Bengal. A large cyclone in 1999 killed around 10,000 people. Experts believe that the intensity of the storms has tended to increase in recent years, partly due to climate change. However, the number of victims has generally been smaller in recent years, as there are now more good emergency shelters and evacuation plans. (SDA)
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