Millions of people battened down Wednesday as the strongest cyclone in decades slammed into Bangladesh and eastern India, killing at least three and leaving a trail of devastation.Â
Authorities scrambled to evacuate more than three million people from low-lying areas, but the task was complicated by the need to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Â
As it made landfall, Cyclone Amphan tore through coastal villages, flattening mud houses, blowing off roofs, uprooting trees and laying waste to crop fields. Â
In Bangladesh officials confirmed three deaths including a five year-old boy and a 75-year-old man, both hit by falling trees, and a cyclone emergency volunteer who drowned. Â
Two other fatalities were reported by Indian media, including an infant crushed when the mud wall of the familyâs hut collapsed in heavy rain in Odisha state. Â
Houses âlook like they have been run over by a bulldozerâ, said Babul Mondal, 35, a villager on the edge of the Sunderbans, a vast mangrove forest area home to Indiaâs biggest tiger population. Â
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