A powerful cyclone ploughed inland after crashing into the coasts of India and Bangladesh, where more than 2.6 million people fled to shelters in a frantic evacuation made more challenging by the coronavirus pandemic. Cyclone Amphan, the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane, was packing sustained winds of up to 170 kilometres (105 miles) per hour with maximum gusts of 190 kph (118 mph).
A satellite image released by NASA shows Cyclone Amphan over the Bay of Bengal in India. Amphan has intensified into a super cyclone and expected to make landfall near Sundarbans, south of Kolkata.
Trees lie uprooted on a highway from heavy winds ahead of Cyclone Amphan landfall, at Chandbali on the Bay of Bengal coast in Orissa.
Trees lie uprooted on a highway from heavy winds ahead of Cyclone Amphan landfall, at Chandbali on the Bay of Bengal coast in Orissa.
A man takes shelter from the wind and rain inside a hut ahead of Cyclone Amphan landfall, at Bhadrak district, in Odisha.
A small ship moored on the swollen Hooghly River due to a cyclonic storm in Kolkata.
Trees lie uprooted on a highway from heavy winds ahead of Cyclone Amphan landfall, at Chandbali on the Bay of Bengal coast in Odisha.
The promenade along the Bay of Bengal coast stands deserted ahead of Cyclone Amphan landfall, at Chandbali, in Odisha.
A man walks in the rain ahead of Cyclone Amphan landfall, at Bhadrak district, in Odisha.
Rain clouds hover over the Hooghly River in Kolkata.
A man walks with a calf over a bridge in the rain ahead of Cyclone Amphan landfall, at Bhadrak district, in Odisha.
A man covers himself with a plastic sheet and walks in the rain ahead of Cyclone Amphan landfall, at Bhadrak district, in Odisha
Commuters take shelter in an empty taxi stand at Howrah railway station as it rains in Kolkata.
A man walks against the force of the wind ahead of Cyclone Amphan landfall, at Bhadrak district, in Odisha.
A man covers himself with a plastic sheet and walks in the rain ahead of Cyclone Amphan landfall, at Bhadrak district, in Odisha.
A man bathes in the Hooghly river ahead of Cyclone Amphan making landfall in Kolkata.
Stranded passengers wait outside Howrah railway station closed due to coronavirus lockdown in Kolkata.
Passenger ferries tied up in a jetty on Hooghly River in Kolkata.
Commuters walk at the city's iconic landmark, Howrah Bridge to cross the Hooghly River as it rains in Kolkata.
A man struggles to hold his umbrella and walk against the high wind in Kolkata.
People take shelter in an empty taxi stand at Howrah railway station as it rains in Kolkata
Clouds cover the skies over the river Ganges ahead of Cyclone Amphan, in Kolkata.
Clouds cover the skies over the iconic VIctoria Memorial ahead of Cyclone Amphan, in Kolkata.
A scientist at India Meteorological Department Earth System Science Organisation points to a section of the screen showing the position of the Cyclone Amphan to media people inside his office in Kolkata.
Rescue workers cut fallen tree branches after heavy winds caused by Cyclone Amphan, in Kolkata.
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