Cyclone Amphan is a disaster bigger than Covid-19, said Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of the east Indian state of West Bengal.
"The whole of the southern part of the state has been affected. We are shocked. It will take three to four days to asses the damage," the chief minister said Wednesday at a news conference.
"The cyclone has affected the electricity supply and destroyed many houses, bridges and embankments," she added.
According to Banerjee, about 500,000 people have been evacuated to shelters by the state administration.
Banerjee confirmed that at least 12 people have died in eastern India after Cyclone Amphan made landfall there.
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