Cyclone Fani reaches Bangladesh after leaving trail of damage in West Bengal

Cyclone Fani entered Bangladesh at noon on Saturday after hitting West Bengal post-midnight on Saturday, hours after making landfall in Puri wreaking havoc in the coastal districts of Odisha. The worst cyclonic storm in decades, Fani uprooted trees and triggered rains as it entered West Bengal through Kharagpur. This picture shows a tree lying uprooted because of the gusty winds in Bankura district of West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

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Cyclone Fani entered Bangladesh at noon on Saturday after hitting West Bengal post-midnight on Saturday, hours after making landfall in Puri wreaking havoc in the coastal districts of Odisha. The worst cyclonic storm in decades, Fani uprooted trees and triggered rains as it entered West Bengal through Kharagpur. This picture shows a tree lying uprooted because of the gusty winds in Bankura district of West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

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Pedestrians cover themselves with plastic sheets as they walk across the Howrah Bridge during the rain. (Photo: PTI)

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A waterlogged street in Kolkata after Cyclone Fani hit Bengal post-midnight on Saturday. (Photo: ANI)

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Ships and ferries tied to the banks of the Hooghly river after Fani hit Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

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Uprooted trees damage a street-side shop at Digha after the cyclonic storm made a landfall on neighbouring Odisha's eastern coast affecting six districts of Gangetic West Bengal including East Midnapore. (Photo: IANS)

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An inundated river bank and ferry port in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

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A rain-lashes street in West Bengal's capital Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

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Women walk through the rain in the Nadia district of West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

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Ships anchored in a port in Bangladesh ahead of Cyclone Fani hitting its coast. (Photo: PTI)