Cyclone Bulbul hits India and Bangladesh

It has been reported that 12 people were found dead in India and 8 in Bangladesh because of the storm Cyclone Bulbul. It has uprooted many trees and has flooded many croplands. At the moment there are more than 2 million other people who have needed to stay a night in storm shelters after Cyclone Bulbul struck the coasts of India and Bangladesh with strong gales and torrential rain. The storm had winds of up to 120 km/h (75mph). And some of the people who were killed in India because of the cyclone were killed by uprooted trees which fell on their homes and others after being hit by falling branches in Kolkata. In Bangladesh a few people were killed by falling trees and at least 20 people had been injured. Others have gone missing as well. Though there is a bit of good news. Even though the frequency and intensity of storms such as this one have gone up, death tolls have come down due to faster evacuations and the building of 1000s of coastal shelters.

-Melissa A.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/11/cyclone-bulbul-deaths-millions-displaced-india-bangladesh