Cyclone Amphan of 2020 resulted in $14 billion economic losses in India: U.N. report
The Hindu
The ‘State of the Global Climate 2020’ report, released on April 19, said that extreme weather combined with COVID-19 dealt a double blow for millions of people in 2020
Cyclone Amphan, which made landfall in May last year near the India-Bangladesh border, was the costliest tropical cyclone on record for the North Indian Ocean, with reported economic losses in India of approximately $14 billion, a flagship U.N. report has said. The ‘State of the Global Climate 2020’ report, released on April 19, said that extreme weather combined with COVID-19 dealt a double blow for millions of people in 2020. However, the pandemic-related economic slowdown failed to put a brake on climate change drivers and accelerating impacts.
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