Cyclone Bulbul smashes into India and Bangladesh

Twenty people died and more than two million others spent a night in storm shelters

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Pedestrians use umbrellas to shield themselves from the wind and rain in Kolkata, India.
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Indians walk in the rain in Kolkata, India.
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Villagers holding umbrellas carry their belongings on their way to enter a relief centre.
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Pilgrims from Rajasthan stagnant at ferry service stopped way to Ganga Sagar due to Cyclone Bulbul.
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A pedestrian makes his way under heavy rain.
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Villagers clear debris from their homes damaged by Cyclone Bulbul in Bakkhali.
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Indian Coast guard visit the site where Cyclone Bulbul hit.
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A woman cleans her house damaged by Cyclone Bulbul.
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Cyclone Bulbul hit and destroyed the area on Bakkhali.
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A villager walks past a damaged shop.
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Passengers waiting for conveyance after getting down from the respective flight at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata.
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Water-logging in parts of Kolkata following rainfall.
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Villagers make through a flooded area at Bakkhali.
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A woman walks through a water logged house after cyclone Bulbul hit the area in Koyra, some 100 km from Khulna.
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A tree fell down at Kulpi in 24th Pragana South.
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People walk under umbrellas during a mild shower, triggered by Cyclone Bulbul.
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A woman is seen inside her damaged house after cyclone Bulbul hit the area in Khulna, Bangladesh.
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A collapsed jetty is pictured in Hatania Doania river after cyclone Bulbul hit the area in Namkhana, in the eastern state of West Bengal.

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