Cyclone Remal made its landfall on the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh on the intervening evening of Sunday and Monday leaving a path of destruction together with heavy rains and flooded properties. The landfall course of started at 8:30 pm on Sunday over the adjoining coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh between Sagar Island and Khepupara, close to the southwest of Mongla within the neighbouring nation.
The Extreme Cyclonic Storm crossed the Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal coasts between Sagar Islands and Khepupara near southwest of Mongla between 11:30 pm on Sunday and 12:30 am on Monday, mentioned the India Meteorological Division.
The climate division mentioned that the extreme cyclonic storm would proceed to maneuver almost northwards for some extra time after which north-northeastwards and weaken steadily right into a Cyclonic Storm by the morning of Could 27, Monday.
- Heavy rains lashed West Bengal within the aftermath of the cyclone with a number of bushes uprooted. Waterlogging was additionally witnessed in a number of components of Kolkata.
- The landfall is being intently monitored by the Indian Coast Guard with a catastrophe response workforce, ships and hovercraft on standby at quick discover to reply to post-impact challenges.
- The cyclone flattened fragile dwellings and knocked down electrical poles. One individual was reported injured after being hit by particles within the Gosaba space of the Sunderbans.
- One individual in Kolkata’s Bibir Bagan space was injured after a wall collapsed attributable to heavy rains
- Roofs of thatched home have been blown away, electrical polls twisted, and bushes uprooted in a number of areas of North and South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore districts, as per a PTI report.
- Thick sheets of rain blurred the huge shoreline whereas the cyclone made landfall whereas surging waters swept fishing boats inland and inundated mud-and-thatch homes and farmlands in low-lying areas.
- The cylone precipitated vital disruptions in air and rail schedules and street transportation as Kolkata airport suspended flight operations for 21 hours, affecting 394 flights. Kolkata’s Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port had additionally suspended operations.