Sapdanga stated that Chief Minister Lalduhoma, currently in Delhi, submitted a memorandum to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday. The memorandum detailed the extensive damage caused by Cyclone Remal and requested financial support from the Centre.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces financial aid for victims of Cyclone Remal in Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, and West Bengal amid the death toll count report which rises to 40.
States which were hit by cyclone Remal are assessing the damage. The disaster also adversely affected preparations for the upcoming seventh and final phase of polling scheduled on June 1 in West Bengal.
While speaking on the Cyclone Remal, Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma said that after the cyclone, there have been some damages in some parts of the state. Watch to know more!
Cloudy skies and a significant temperature drop have brought relief to Pune, with maximum temperatures recently falling to around 30-31 °C, down from the usual 38-41 °C. Anupam Kashyapi, former head of weather forecasting at the IMD, attributes this cool spell to a moisture influx from Cyclone Remal.
Cyclone remal created havoc in Northeastern states killing more than 30 people and injuring several others. Severe Cyclonic Storm Remal was a moderately intense and damaging tropical cyclone which also affected West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Trees were uprooted in several places across the state, including Guwahati, because of the strong winds. Power supply was disrupted in lower Assam as electric poles fell, and water-logging was reported from different towns, officials said.
Cyclone Remal: The cyclone claimed six lives in West Bengal and inflicted substantial damage to infrastructure and property in the state's coastal regions, according to local officials on Monday.
The cyclone damaged or destroyed thousands of households, farms and river protection dams as 10 people were killed in Bangladesh. Authorities were forced to snap power lines in several parts to avoid accidents, while fallen trees in coastal areas further disrupted electricity supply.
'Remal' is the first cyclone in the Bay of Bengal ahead of this year's monsoon season, which runs from June to September. The cyclone was named Remal (meaning sand in Arabic) by Oman, according to a system of naming cyclones in the Indian Ocean region.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that Cyclone 'Remal' has downgraded from a severe cyclonic storm to a cyclonic storm and is expected to further weaken into a deep depression.
Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, is witnessing heavy rain and gusty winds after the landfall of severe cyclonic storm 'Remal' commenced on Sunday evening between West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts with an intensity of 110 to 120 kmph, gusting to 135 kmph. Watch to know more!
Cyclone Remal: After tearing through the coasts of Bangladesh and West Bengal, Cyclone Remal left a trail of destruction with pictures of devastation becoming evident across the state’s coastal areas, with extensive damage to infrastructure and property, soon after daybreak on Monday.
Remal made landfall between Sagar Island in West Bengal and Khepupara in Bangladesh on Sunday night. The wind speeds clocked up to 135 km per hour.
The landfall process began at 8:30 pm on Sunday over the adjacent coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh between Sagar Island and Khepupara, near the southwest of Mongla in the neighbouring country.
Severe cyclonic storm Remal made landfall between Sagar Island in West Bengal and Khepupara in Bangladesh on Sunday night with wind speeds reaching up to 135 km per hour. The severe cyclonic storm will gradually weaken into a cyclonic storm on Monday.
The authorities across states have made arrangements as a precautionary measure to deal with the effects of cyclone. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi, Governor CV Ananda Bose, Kolkata Mayor held review meeting ahead of the landfall. The NDRF teams has also been deployed.
The cyclone centred in Bay of Bengal is moving towards north and would make a landfall by midnight. However, the rainfall has already started in the coastal areas which would intensify in coming hours.
As Remal cyclone is expected to make landfall by midnight, the IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has said that the rainfall has started around Sagar Island area and the rainfall is expected to exceed 25 cm. Meanwhile, the IMD has also issued rainfall alerts in Northeast and Bengal for upcoming days.
West Bengal: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a severe warning regarding Cyclone Remal, which is expected to impact the northeastern region and Bangladesh and make landfall in West Bengal today (May 26). This is the first cyclone in the Bay of Bengal this pre-monsoon season.
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