Cyclone Amphan batters coast of India, Bangladesh, 2.6 million flee to shelters

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Masks and hand sanitizers were hastily added to emergency items in the shelters

Sobrato Das, a fisherman on Mousuni Island in India, close to the Sunderbans, described the shelters as crowded and said “very few people are wearing masks.”

The densely populated city of Kolkata, which has nearly 1,500 coronavirus cases, was likely to see flooding, while some centuries-old buildings in the northern half of the city could collapse due to the strong winds, officials warned.

 

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