DHAKA/KOLKATA, May 20: Heavy rains and winds lashed two eastern Indian states and parts of Bangladesh hours before a powerful cyclone made landfall on Wednesday, with rescue teams evacuating millions of villagers to higher ground in an operation complicated by the coronavirus pandemic.

KATHMANDU, May 18: Cyclone Amphan over the middle part of the Bay of Bengal has been developing into a super cyclone, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division.