Cyclone Remal weakens into depression, Bengal counts the cost

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The weakened Cyclone Remal is expected to move further east and lose strength within the next 12 hours..

However, heavy rains will continue to lash parts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, until tomorrow...

Cyclone Remal, which battered the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh, has weakened into a depression over eastern Bangladesh, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday..

Cyclone Remal made landfall on Sunday evening, bringing powerful winds and heavy rain to coastal areas between Sagar Island in India and Khepupara near Mongla in Bangladesh..

Officials report at least six deaths - one in Kolkata, two women in South 24 Parganas district, one in Panihati in North 24 Parganas district and a father-son duo in Memari in Purba Medinipur...

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