Cyclone Remal Left a Trail of Destruction
According to news agency PTI, one person was injured after being hit by debris in the Sundarbans' Gosaba neighbourhood, and another was injured in Kolkata's Bibir Bagan area as a result of a wall collapse. More than 1 lakh people were evacuated from West Bengal's most vulnerable locations. The storm made landfall on sunday at about 8.30 p.m. between the state's Sagar Island and Khepupara in bangladesh, with winds gusting to 135 kmph.
• Teams from the kolkata Municipal Corporation and the kolkata Police Disaster Management Department continue to clean uprooted trees in the city's Alipore neighbourhood. South kolkata DC Priyabrate Roy told ANI news agency that work is ongoing to clear roads and that the situation will be back to normal by Monday.
• On sunday evening, prime minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting to assess the reaction and readiness for Cyclone Remal. He was informed that the National Crisis Management Committee maintains frequent touch with the bengal state administration.
• On monday morning, the indian Coast Guard stated that it was "closely monitoring the landfall of cyclone Remal with disaster response team, ships, and hovercraft standby at short notice to respond to post-impact challenges".