Cyclone Amphan (2020)

A deep depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm on Saturday 16 May. Peak intensity came at about 12:00 UTC on 18 May, with three-minute sustained winds of 240 km/h and a minimum central pressure of 920 mbar, after which an eyewall replacement cycle was disrupted by dry air and wind shear and the storm weakened as it paralleled India's eastern coastline. Landfall came on Wednesday 20 May between Digha in West Bengal and Hatiya Islands in Bangladesh, with winds up to 185 km/h and heavy rain that damaged houses and crops and cut power to towns already contending with the COVID-19 outbreak. Nearly 60 million people in Odisha and West Bengal were affected.

Formed (UTC)
2020-05-15
Dissipated (UTC)
2020-05-21
Peak Saffir-Simpson category
5
Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)
145
Basin it formed in
North Indian
Deaths, as sources state them
At least 77 in India and 25 in Bangladesh reported at the time; another account gives at least 80 killed in West Bengal alone, and estimates differ
IBTrACS storm page
ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2020136N10088

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: bay of bengal, india, west bengal, bangladesh, landfall, eyewall replacement

Coordinates: 17.439885144981346, 87.1

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