Cyclone Remal moves 'northward' impacting lives of residents, causing potential damage

Kolkata experienced heavy precipitation from early Sunday morning until the predawn hours of Monday, according to reports. The city witnessed a total downpour of 146 mm during the period spanning from 8:30 am on Sunday to 5:30 am on Monday. Other places in south Bengal which received heavy rainfall during the period are Haldia (110 mm), Tamluk (70 mm) and Nimpith (70 mm), it said. (Photo: Agencies)

Scenes of widespread devastation were evident across West Bengal's coastal areas, with extensive damage to infrastructure and property, a day after Cyclone Remal tore through the coasts of Bangladesh and West Bengal with winds reaching speeds of 135 km per hour. (Photo: Agencies)

Commuters walk past uprooted trees after heavy rainfall in Kolkata, following the landfall of Cyclone Remal in India's West Bengal state. Residents of low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh and India surveyed the damage as an intense cyclone weakened into heavy storm, with at least two people dead, roofs ripped off and trees uprooted. (Photo: Agencies)

Flight services from the Kolkata airport resumed on Monday morning after remaining suspended for 21 hours in view of the cyclone Remal, an official said. The first plane to depart on Monday was IndiGo's Kolkata-Port Blair flight at 8.59 am, while the first one to land in Kolkata was SpiceJet's flight from Guwahati. (Photo: Agencies)

As per IMD, Severe Cyclonic Storm (SCS) "Remal" over the North Bay of Bengal about 110 km east of Sagar Islands (West Bengal), to move nearly northwards and cross Bangladesh and adjoining WB coasts between Sagar Island and Khepupara, close to SW of Mongla (Bangladesh) in next 3 hours as SCS. (Photo: Agencies)

At least two persons died in West Bengal and its coastal areas suffered extensive damage to infrastructure and property, as Cyclone Remal tore through the state and neighbouring Bangladesh with winds speeds reaching 135 km per hour, officials said. (Photo: Agencies)

Cyclone flooded coastal villages and left hundreds of thousands of people without power Monday in southern Bangladesh, where nearly 800,000 residents had evacuated. At least seven deaths were reported. Cyclone Remal started lashing Bangladesh’s southern coast late Sunday and was moving fast and would weaken by noon Bangladesh's Meteorological Department in Dhaka said.