#Amphan West Bengal

[projectourworld]

Sinking Sundarbans, Namkhana Island, West Bengal, India

‘This girl saw her tea shop ruined by sea water during super-cyclone Amphan. People here depend on natural resources for their livelihood, but the indiscriminate felling of trees has created an imbalance. Sundarbans is witnessing a 3mm rise in sea levels every year’

Photograph: Supratim Bhattacharjee. Love has many shapes’: Portrait of Humanity award : Guardian Newspaper #humanity

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Cyclone Mocha: IMD predicts an upcoming cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal

As a low-pressure area develops in the region, Cyclone Mocha, the year's first cyclone, is expected to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal this week. A cyclonic circulation is expected to form around May 6, according to the IMD. However, the cyclone's formation has yet to be confirmed. "On or around May 6, 2023, a cyclonic circulation is likely to form over the southeast Bay of Bengal." "A low-pressure area is likely to form over the same region during the next 48 hours (May 7 and 8) under its influence," the IMD stated on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/Indiametdept/status/1653319468192497664?s=20 The IMD issued its statement after the Global Forecast System, the US weather forecast model, and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts predicted the formation of a cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal. The cyclonic storm, if it forms, will be named 'Cyclone Mocha' according to the WMO/ESCAP nomenclature system. Yemen suggested the name, which is based on the Red Sea port city. Most cyclones that formed in the region in recent years, including Amphan in 2020, Asani in 2021, and Yaas in 2022, made landfall in May. Though the IMD has made no predictions about Cyclone Mocha's path, its impact on the coasts of West Bengal and Odisha cannot be ruled out. The Odisha government has already begun preparations to mitigate any damage caused by the cyclone. According to Windy.com, the cyclonic storm is expected to pass over the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday next week. It will then gradually move northward, closer to the Indian coast. A low-pressure area forming over the southeast region of the Bay of Bengal will intensify into a cyclonic storm on May 9 near the Andaman Islands, according to the IMD-Global Forecast System (GFS). According to the IMD's forecast, the storm will move north-northeastward towards the east-central Bay of Bengal until May 11. On May 11, a low-pressure area will form in the south Andaman Sea and the southeast Bay of Bengal, followed by a cyclonic storm, according to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF).   Tags: cyclone mocha update, cyclone mocha 2023, mocha cyclone chennai, new Cyclone, Cyclone Mocha, Cyclone Bay of Bengal, Cyclone in May, Cyclone landfall, Cyclone Mocha Odisha, Odisha Cyclone Read the full article

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Cyclone Amphan 2020 (India and Bangladesh) Relief Donations

On 20th May 2020, a super cyclonic storm, belonging to Category 5 Tropical Cyclone (the most devastating in the scale, for context, the 2005 Hurricane Katrina in the US  was also a Category 5 storm) ravaged the Eastern part of the Indian Subcontinent, with the states of West Bengal and Orissa in India, and some southern parts of Bangladesh bearing the brunt of the storm. In particular, the state of West Bengal has faced maximum destruction in the 36 hours the cyclone and its aftermath continued.

My city, Kolkata (in WB), was ravaged, with thousands of trees uprooted, electricity poles torn down, buildings and temporary shelters shattered to the ground. The most devastating losses however, were faced by the poorest people in my state, those living in and around the Sunderbans Belt of Bengal. District after district was flooded, people gathering in storm shelters after losing everything, their homes, livelihoods and properties. Everything was swept away by the cyclone, swallowed and spat out, unrecognizable, in shreds. Our state, being a riverine terrain, housing the largest delta in the world, was already a precarious zone due to being hit by massive floods every monsoon, and this cyclone was the by far the deadliest blow to the already fragile ecosystem.

The loss estimated by govt and other authorities is worth somewere around INR 1 lakh Crore (USD 1,321,658,000).

Still now after 6 days since the cyclone hit, massive parts of Bengal are plunged in darkness, people stranded in temporary shelters, with no drinking water or food. Covid-19 seems a lesser threat now as compared to what we have faced.

Both national and international media are practically silent about it, with the result that the relief operations and funding are nowhere near the amount or efforts required. Even as I write this, millions of people are stranded at remote locations without communication, housing or basic food and water supplies.

I urge you, wherever in the world you are, please please come forward and help us out 🙏 even a single dollar, however much you are able to spare, will help. Every single contribution is going to help towards rebuilding the lives of millions.

👇👇👇Below are the details to some of the ground level NGOs working to provide relief, their details and authenticity have been verified by me, and wherever possible, I've provided links to their official websites. For any queries or details, feel free to contact me, reply in the comments or send asks.

👉A full list of all major NGOs working for relief and their contact / donation details can be found here. 👈

Please help to save the Cyclone Amphan Victims 🙏

1. Quarantined Students Youth Network (volunteer students network who are doing relief work in major areas)

PAYPAL link 👇

2. West Bengal State Emergency Relief Fund (govt treasury) :

I will be updating the list as and when further names come up. 

Links to news articles regarding the Cyclone : 

The Print | Scroll  | TOI | NDTV | CNN | EdexLive | BBC | NY TIMES

PLEASE REBLOG AND SPREAD THE WORD. EVERY CONTRIBUTION WILL HELP. 🙏

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Death toll due to cyclone ‘Amphan’ in West Bengal now 98: Mamata Image Source : PTI Death toll due to cyclone 'Amphan' in West Bengal now 98, says Mamata The toll in West Bengal due to Cyclone Amphan has increased to 98 and the state government is releasing Rs 6,250 crore for relief operations, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday.

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Indian Army: উম্পুনে ছারখার এলাকায় নামবে সেনা, সাহায্য চাইল নবান্ন – west bengal govt seeks army support for immediate restoration in cyclone hit state হাইলাইটস রাজ্যে জাতীয় বিপর্যয় মোকাবিলার আরও ১০টি দল পাঠানো হচ্ছে বলে আজ কেন্দ্রের তরফে জানানো হয়েছে। …

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बंगाल की ओर बढ़ता जा रहा है चक्रवाती तूफान ‘अम्फान', 20 मई को पकड़ेगा 180 की रफ्तार!

बंगाल की ओर बढ़ता जा रहा है चक्रवाती तूफान ‘अम्फान’, 20 मई को पकड़ेगा 180 की रफ्तार!

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Image Source : PTI 20 मई को पश्चिम बंगाल के दीघा द्वीप तथा बांग्लादेश के हतिया द्वीपसमूह के बीच दस्तक दे सकता है।

कोलकाता: सुपर साइक्लोनिक तूफान ‘अम्फान’ धीरे-धीरे बंगाल के तट की तरफ बढ़ रहा है। भारतीय मौसम विज्ञान विभाग के मुताबिक, यह तूफान बीते कुछ घंटों में 14 किलोमीटर प्रति घंटे की रफ्तार से उत्तर और उत्तरपूर्व की तरफ आगे बढ़ रहा है। इसके प्रचंड चक्रवाती तूफान…

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Love has many shapes. Portraits of humanity. Award winners. Sinking Sundarbans, Namkhana Island, West Bengal, India. ‘This girl saw her tea shop ruined by sea water during super-cyclone Amphan. People here depend on natural resources for their livelihood, but the indiscriminate felling of trees has created an imbalance. Sundarbans is witnessing a 3mm rise in sea levels every year’. Photograph: Supratim Bhattacharjee : Credit Guardian #bengal #risingseas #humanity #community #love

[no1readsmyblog]

Cyclone Amphan hit India and Bangladesh. It was the largest in 283 years. It destroyed anything and everything in its path. People were evacuated, but according to reports, 80 are dead. It was the strongest recorded cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. Kolkata, a metro city. Destroyed. Odisha, Bengal, Bangladesh all affected.

Where is the outrage and concern. I found just one news website doing live updates. And 5 reports in total.

I don't know what to say.

I'm thankful and grateful my friend and her family are safe.

The poor are affected. Flooding, loss of homes, infrastructure, all lost.

Sunderbans destroyed.

Relief efforts are there.

Nothing more to say. Not talking about this seemed wrong. But I'm not a hypocrite. I really wouldn't have known much about it if I didn't have a friend there and actively searched the news for reports on it. Or the "woke" accounts I follow on Instagram didn't talk about it. I wouldn't have known about it.

And that is sad in itself.

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A post shared by Bengali Haiku (বাংলা হাইকু) (@bangla_haiku) on May 20, 2020 at 9:54pm PDT

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Backstory:

The idea for this haiku came fron the ongoing cyclone Amphan in Bengal and the migration of workers and labourers from cities to their home villages during this pandemic in India. I really hope things get better.

I took that photo two years back while cycling in the countryside in West Bengal.

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So yeah, the worst has passed. The weather's still gloomy outside but the storm itself was gone sometime during the night.

As someone who has spent all her life in the tropics and more or less near the coast, I am no stranger to storms or even cyclones. But this was......not normal. Normal storms don't break my neighbour's bricked boundary wall, for example.

I am lucky and privileged to still have electricity (thanks to our underground wiring) which unfortunately cannot be said for 90% of the affected areas. The mobile network here has been erratic since last evening and I am typing this out furiously before the next zone-out. Our dish antenna surprisingly survived this ordeal (seriously how???) although it is unable to catch any signal. All things considered, my situation could have been much, much worse.

The southern districts, especially the rurals and suburbs are devastated. We still don't know the exact picture of destruction or the death toll (last I saw, it was 20) because entire districts are just cut off from the rest of the state in terms of communication and electricity. What we know for sure is that the picture, when it emerges, will not be pretty. There's a lot of cleaning up.

Thank you @llywela @erytria @talvenhenki @smhalltheurlsaretaken @highfunctioningflailgirl @salw0109 @procrastinatorproject @moonwest @incurablescribbler @thelaithlyworm @sternenblumen and everyone else who prayed for us. I am truly touched by your support.

@mayavanavihariniharini @lgbtonystarks @butchcaroldanvers @helllucifer @buttercuparry @emocheezeball @boswati @ddroad72 kemon acho? Ki khobor?

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We are currently in the middle of the strongest tropical cyclone Bay of Bengal has ever seen in recorded history. It's been named Cyclone Amphan.

And it really feels like the apocalypse atm. The whole day has been pretty much pitch dark with heavy rainfall, and just about an hour ago the cyclone hit land and has been wrecking havoc. A couple of trees near my home have been uprooted. It's getting worse and worse. Hhhhh...... This is gonna be a memorable night 😔😔

Almost 600K people in the coastal regions of eastern India and Bangladesh have been evacuated to storm shelters. Let's hope the damage is minimised :(((

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Amphan relief:

So a lot of you have been asking me if you can help out Bengal during these trying times. I have not been able to answer you guys as I am not personally associated with any relief operations. However today I got a couple of infos from a friend of mine. She is personally associated with this organization...so here goes.

Please reblog and share this post if you can:

This is a crude screenshot (I am very sorry for not having anything else). You can donate money or share the post. Really...anything works.

Please help us guys...the state of Bengal is devastated.

[violenttrips]

Hello all,

This is a verified list of all organisations and individuals currently taking donations for cyclone #Amphan that has devastated all of Kolkata and parts of Bangladesh. Please help and share!

[ddroad72]

My city just had a category 2 cyclone that left a trail of destruction in its wake. Most of the people don't have water or electricity and it is absolutely impossible to maintain social distancing in this situation.

I don't know how much more we can take.

[luke-o-lophus]

Earnest request to read till end.

Short: Will draw art/write for anyone donating to Cyclone Amphan relief. $1 will do.

Long: My state (West Bengal) of India was devastated by Cyclone Amphan on 20th May, 2020. It was an extremely severe cyclone that reached max speeds of 260kmph(160mph).

The devastation was massive and lockdown has made it even worse. Many govt and non govt organisations have been reaching out for relief.

We need help. Money.

To note, 1 dollar, just 1 dollar is ~75Rs which can provide 4 hot meals.

Please.

I'll share details of authentic orgs doing relief(govt, ngo, whatever you please), you donate to any of them, every dollar counts. Every dollar feeds FOUR people.

Send me a SS and I'll do the best i can to make digital art for your fandom/write one shots for your prompts, as a heartfelt thanks.

Please. We need you. My people are dying and there's so little i can do without help.