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Cyclone Remal strikes Bengal<\/h2>\n<\/div>\nCyclone Reaml tore through West Bengal and Bangladesh on Sunday evening with wind speeds of 135 kilometre per hour. The cyclone caused rainfall with strong winds in areas such as Digha, Kakdwip and Jaynagar, which intensified on Monday morning. Around 68 trees were uprooted in Kolkata, with an additional 75 trees downed in the nearby Salt Lake and Rajarhat areas.<\/caption>\n

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\"Extensive<\/div>\nCyclone Remal tore through the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh before leaving a path of devastation. Soon after daybreak on Monday, images of the state’s coastal areas showed extensive damage to property and infrastructure. Thatched hut roofs were blown off, roads in Kolkata and the coastal districts were blocked by uprooted trees, and electricity poles were knocked down, severely disrupting power in many areas of the state, including the outskirts of the city, according to the officials.<\/caption>\n

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\"Deaths<\/div>\nA man died of his injuries when a wall collapsed due to the relentless downpour on Sunday evening at the Bibir Bagan area of Entally in Central Kolkata, a state disaster management official said. An eldery woman in the Mousuni Island near Namkhana adjacent to the Sunderbans delta also succumbed to injuries on Monday morning, following a tree collapse on her hut that resulted in the roof caving in, the official said.<\/caption>\n

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\"Destruction\"\/<\/div>\nReports quoted by PTI indicated that trees were uprooted in several areas, including Southern Avenue, Lake Place, Chetla, D L Khan Road, Dufferin Road, Ballygunge Road, New Alipore, Behala, Jadavpur, Golpark, Hatibagan, Jagat Mukherjee Park, College Street, and the adjoining Salt Lake area. The storm and accompanying heavy rain flooded homes and farmlands. In some regions, salt water from the adjoining Bay of Bengal breached embankments and gushed into farmlands, damaging crops.<\/caption>\n

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Waterlogging in Kolkata<\/h2>\n<\/div>\nSeveral areas of Kolkata remained waterlogged, adding to the misery of the affected residents. Streets in significant pockets of Ballygunge, Park Circus, Dhakuria and Alipore in South Kolkata, Behala in the West and College Street, Thanthania Kali Bari, CR Avenue and Sinthi in the North remained inundated till late in the day. Kolkata recorded a rainfall of 146 mm in the period between 8.30 am on Sunday and 5.30 am on Monday, the IMD said.
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\"IMD<\/div>\nRemal’s landfall and havocIn a later update, the Met office said ‘Remal’ weakened into a cyclonic storm at 5:30 am on Monday, about 70 km northeast of Canning and 30 km west-southwest of Mongla. The system is likely to gradually weaken further.<\/caption>\n

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\"Rescuers<\/div>\nA total of 14 National Disaster Response Force teams were deployed for relief and restoration work across districts in south Bengal, including Kolkata, North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly. Efforts to restore normalcy are underway, with emergency services working to clear debris and restore power in the affected areas. However, the relentless heavy rain is hampering these operations in most of the affected areas, the officials said. The state government has initiated relief operations, providing food, drinking water and medical assistance to the people affected.<\/caption>\n

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NDRF carries out relief operations<\/h2>\n<\/div>\nFourteen teams of the NDRF are undertaking restoration and rescue work by clearing uprooted trees, electric poles and helping people come out of marooned areas hit by heavy rainfall, he said.
These teams have removed about 54 uprooted trees, two electric poles and cleared about 18 kms of roads in affected areas of Hasnabad, Sandeshkhali, Gosana, Sagar, Shyampur and Haringhata, he said.<\/caption>\n

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