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Cyclone Amphan: Kolkata Airport Suspends All Flight Operations Till 5AM Tomorrow

Kolkata: All flight operations at Kolkata airport have been suspended till Thursday 5 am, in the wake of the cyclone Amphan. It is likely to make a landfall by noon today.

“All operations suspended at Kolkata airport till 5 am tomorrow in view of cyclone Amphan including special flights, which were operational in view of COVID-19,” the Airport Director was quoted as saying to ANI.

The cyclone is expected to make a landfall between West Bengal and Bangladesh coast this afternoon or evening.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that “cyclone Amphan will move north-northeast wards and cross West Bengal-Bangladesh coast between Digha and Hatiya, close to the Sundarbans during the afternoon and evening of Wednesday with a wind speed of 155 to 165 kmph gusting to 185 kmph as a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’.

West Bengal has evacuated more than three lakh people to safer places before the impact of the cyclonic storm could affect the areas of the state.

OB Bureau

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