19 mn children at risk due to Cyclone Amphan in India, Bangladesh: UNICEF

UNICEF says Covid-19 could deepen the humanitarian consequences of Cyclone Amphan in both countries

Estimated 19 million children in India and Bangladesh faced "imminent risk" from flash flooding and heavy rain when Cyclone Amphan made landfall in West Bengal, the UN's children agency UNICEF warned on Wednesday.

The extremely severe cyclonic storm Amphan made landfall between Digha of West Bengal and Hatiya Islands of Bangladesh on Wednesday, leaving a trail of destruction. At least ten persons were killed in India and seven in Bangladesh.

UNICEF said that at least 19 million children in parts of Bangladesh and India were at imminent risk from flash flooding, storm surges and heavy rain as Cyclone Amphan made