印度东部和孟加拉国出现龙卷风，造成至少84人死亡，6万多所房屋被毁。这场风暴星期二夜间侵袭了印度加尔各答以北大约500公里的西孟加拉邦和比哈尔邦，以及邻国孟加拉国部分地区。
孟加拉国报告有两人死亡，包括一名警察。他是被墙压死的。龙卷风的风速高达每小时120公里。在西孟加拉邦和比哈尔邦，龙卷风摧毁了供电和电话线路，把树连根拔起。印度当局已派人赶往灾区进行救援，无家可归的人正在转移到临时避难所。
A cyclone has hit eastern India and Bangladesh, killing at least 84 people and destroying more than 60,000 homes. The storm ripped across India’s West Bengal and Bihar states and neighboring parts of Bangladesh late Tuesday.
Two of the deaths were reported in Bangladesh, including a police officer who was crushed under a wall.The cyclone packed winds of up to 120 kilometers an hour, destroying power and telephone lines and uprooting trees in Bihar and West Bengal.Indian authorities are rushing aid to cyclone-hit areas, with the homeless are being shifted to temporary shelters.