page_title: Cyclone Amphan
hierarchical_section_title: Cyclone Amphan
caption_attribution_description: English: Cyclone Amphan (2020) map Saffir–Simpson scale ➎: Category 5; ➍: Category 4; ➌: Category 3; ➋: Category 2; ➊: Category 1; : Tropical storm; : Tropical depression Storm type : Tropical cyclone; : Subtropical cyclone; : Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression
context_page_description: Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan was a very powerful tropical cyclone that caused a lot of damage in East India and Bangladesh in May 2020. It caused over US$13 billion dollars of damage and killed a total of 118 people. It was the strongest cyclone to hit the Ganges Delta since Cyclone Sidr in 2007.
  It formed on the 16 May in the Bay of Bengal and tracked into the Ganges Delta before dissipating on the 21 May.
context_section_description: Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan was a very powerful tropical cyclone that caused a lot of damage in East India and Bangladesh in May 2020. It caused over US$13 billion dollars of damage and killed a total of 118 people. It was the strongest cyclone to hit the Ganges Delta since Cyclone Sidr in 2007.
  It formed on the 16 May in the Bay of Bengal and tracked into the Ganges Delta before dissipating on the 21 May.
caption: A map showing the path of the storm.
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