ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expressed sorrow over the deaths and widespread devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan in India and Bangladesh.
As per details, the two countries have lost more than 102 people in the cyclone, the most powerful in over a decade, mostly because of house collapses and electrocution.
Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui said in a statement “We extend sympathies and condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones and pray for speedy recovery of the affected regions.”
More than three million people were evacuated before Amphan made landfall, preventing a large number of deaths.
A powerful cyclone that tore through India’s eastern state of West Bengal this week has caused a damage of 1 trillion rupees ($13 billion) to infrastructure and crops, state officials said.
The cyclone has affected more than 13 million people – some losing houses, crops and lands – and over 1.5 million houses have been damaged, two West Bengal government officials.
In coastal Khulna, the worst-hit district in Bangladesh, trees swayed violently and were ripped from the ground in the fierce storm, blocking roads and hampering access to the area.
The cyclone packed winds of up to 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour when it hit late Wednesday, closing ports and airports in both countries. Some three million people across Bangladesh and India were relocated to cyclone shelters.
Troops were sent to coastal districts while tens of thousands of volunteers went door-to-door and used loudspeakers to urge people to evacuate their villages.
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