Cyclone Amphan made landfall in eastern India on Wednesday afternoon local time and began sweeping north, leaving at least 12 dead and destroying thousands of homes just over the border in Bangladesh.

This region of the world has two distinct tropical cyclone seasons - April to June and October to November. This marks the months immediately before and after the southwest Indian monsoon season.

Neighbouring Bangladesh, which also fell in Cyclone Amphan's path on Wednesday, initially said it had suffered a loss of 11 billion taka ($130 million). But this could rise, government officials said.

Five cyclones have impacted the Bengal-Bangladesh and Bengal-Odisha coasts since Super Cyclone Amphan in May 2020. Meteorologists link the rise in cyclone frequency to global warming's effect on ...

UNESCO expresses its deep concern over cyclone 'Amphan', which recently hit Bangladesh and eastern India, and wishes to express its deepest sympathy for the loss of human life and the material damage ...

The extremely severe cyclone ‘Amphan’ made landfall on 20 May 2020 in the state of West Bengal, India causing widespread damages. The present study describes the potential use of multi-mission ...