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At least 36 people have died in India and Bangladesh after TropicalCycloneRemal lashed the area with torrential rain and heavy winds, according to local officials.. ..
At least seven were killed in cyclone-related incidents in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal as of Monday evening, Javed Khan, the states minister for disaster management, told CNN Tuesday...
. Previously, seven deaths were reported in the southern Indian state of Telangana, 12 in the northeast Indian state of Mizoram, and 10 in Bangladesh.. ..
Authorities said that volunteers and army staff were mobilized to assist with clean-up efforts, and distribute food and water to displaced families.. . Remal made landfall roughly 80 kilometers (50 miles) southeast of the Indian city of Kolkata, packing gusts of up to 135 kilometers per hour (84 miles per hour), and is moving northwards across Bangladesh and its adjoining West Bengal coasts, the Indian Meteorological Department said.. ..
The cyclone comes as parts of Western and Central India continue to bake under severe heat, with temperatures soaring beyond 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in some cities, causing illness and forcing some schools to close.. . Climate scientists have long warned that these extremes of weather will only continue to intensify because of the climate crisis, with millions of people in India vulnerable to the risks associated with it.. ..
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