Amphan: Kol airport flooded, AI hangar collapses
May 21, 2020  11:28
The collapsed roof of the AI hanger
The collapsed roof of the AI hanger
Kolkata's domestic and international airport at Dum Dum is inundated by the floodwaters left in the wake of the devastating super cyclone Amphan which made landfall last evening. Images of a flooded runway, a collapsed Air India hanger, floodwaters in offices at the airport, have been released by news agencies as several videos doing the rounds on social media. 

Flights to and from Kolkata were suspended two days ago. 

Meanwhile, road clearance and restoration work by National Disaster Response Force personnel are underway after extremely severe cyclonic storm Amphan hit West Bengal on Wednesday.

NDRF Director-General SN Pradhan on Thursday shared on Twitter photographs of restoration work by NDRF personnel at various locations in West Bengal, including North 24 Parganas, Purba Medinipur, Howrah, Kolkata and South 24 Parganas.

Two persons were killed and 5,500 houses damaged in North 24 Parganas as cyclone Amphan hit West Bengal and left a trail of destruction in the state. Two persons sustained severe injuries. -- ANI
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