At least 12 people were killed in India after Typhoon Amphan landed on Wednesday, authorities said.
All deaths were reported in the state of West Bengal in eastern India, according to the chief minister of the state of Mamata Banerjee.
Banerjee said one of the victims, a girl in the Howrah district, died after the wall from her house collapsed. He did not give further details how the rest of the deaths occurred.
Oxfam Bangladesh director, Dipankar Datta, told CNN that thousands of emergency homes in Bangladesh have been revoked because of the typhoon. He added that he did not expect the storm to hit the Rohingya refugee area near the town of Cox’s Bazaar.
Some background: Typhoon Amphan landed near Sagar Island in West Bengal, India, near the Bangladesh border around 5 pm local time with winds of 160 kilometers per hour (100 mph), according to the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center, making it equivalent in intensity to category 2 Atlantic storms.
Heavy rain is expected to cause flash floods throughout the region throughout Thursday morning. After the storm pushes ashore, the storm will weaken significantly and the storm is expected to disappear on Friday.
