Cyclone Amphan: Living on the 41st Floor During a Super Cyclone in Kolkata | The Quint
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Published 2020-05-20
Amphan, the second super cyclone to form over the Bay of Bengal since 1999 and "a double challenge" due to COVID-19, made landfall in West Bengal at 2:30 pm on Wednesday, 20 May, and continued to cause destruction in the form of high-velocity winds and heavy rains till about early in the morning on 21 May. The Quint's reporter from Bengal gives a first-hand account of the ferocious storm from her 41st-floor residence in Kolkata.
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Forget the cyclone..41st floor is enough to scare me.
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2:00 Damn! The sound straight outta a horror movie
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When she opens the door.. it's as scary as The Grudge horror movie 😶 2:05
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She clearly states that she's privileged. Yes, she is in a better situation than most. But that doesn't mean she can't be scared.
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That hallway is so creepy with those sounds
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How terrified she looks , this is giving goosebumps I just hope everyone stay safe
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That lift area looks more like a hospital than a residency
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The sound is so horrifying when she opens the door
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The Hallway is so creepy ...with those maniac cyclone sounds a horror movie can be shot in the hallway.
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When she opened d door Sound was very scary feeling hell 🙄🙄
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Her window did not fly off🙂 all our windows and doors were broken and carried off by the winds🙂 P.S. I stay in Haldia, in a 14th floor apartment near the river🙂🙂 where the cyclone amphan had the most intense force. And i can definitely assure it was a nightmare for all of us🙂🙂
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Someone needs to put a plants on those hallway to not make it scary.
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How Poor People Might Be Suffering In Their Slum Dwelling is tough to imagine , Corona and Natural Calamity.
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2020 is a cruel year. 😭😭😭 The sound of the wind gives me anxiety.
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I live in Hooghly district and we experienced pretty much the same sort of devastation as Kolkata city. Our first floor is under construction and one of the windows covered with aluminium sheet that was nailed shut just blew off because of the wind pressure. It took me and my father over an hour, in the dark, to close it with wooden boards and planks. The wind was so strong that it wouldn't let me hold the boards. It was like pushing against me, threatening to throw me off. I'll be honest... I've experienced the 2008 floods in Mumbai and this cyclone was by far the scariest experience of my life so far. And to think we live in proper houses...the poor who have suffered, I hope and pray for their well-being.
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she's on the 41st floor , and the lifts stopped working 🌚
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Im feeling so sorry for the voiceless stray animals.😭
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Hope this ends at the earliest. Our country already going through a difficult time
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She didn't mention the continuous swaying of the building, the most scary part.
