Climate Adaptation
Millions Evacuated From India, Bangladesh as Cyclone Nears Making Landfall
- Amphan makes landfall; heavy rain, strong winds to continue
- India, Bangladesh move millions of people to safer places
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Authorities along India’s east coast and neighboring Bangladesh evacuated millions to safer places and shut some factories as the biggest cyclonic storm in two decades makes landfall, causing heavy rain and strong winds in the region.
Amphan, now equivalent of a category 3 hurricane after weakening from category 5, crossed the coasts of India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, according to the India Meteorological Department. Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd. has shut parts of its phosphatic fertilizer factory, the nation’s biggest, at Paradip in Odisha, according to the company’s spokesman.