My friends were saying other day that the year 2020 is the year of 'Nature's Revenge', which is now showing its effects when human being is destroying the nature in all possible form. I also nodded my head with a long affirmative deep breath.
We started experiencing the COVID situation and its adverse effects globally. Government of all countries are taking several measures to control the spread of COVID virus; but the statistics show a different graph; it is practical and brutal truth. And understanding the depth of the virus infection and its recovery rate, WHO declared the situation as 'Pandemic'. Everyone is scared now to be self-protected from the virus and is maintaining required hygienic measures. The infected and mortality rate of COVID-19 are increasing day by day.
When we all are fighting against this unknown virus, which doesn't even has a vaccine discovered yet, here comes another disaster, to take the depression level a step higher.
The new one is in form of super cyclone, named 'AMPHAN'. It was brooding with low pressure for quite long and was also predicted by the weather experts, but we gave a thought to it as it would also be like the other devastating cyclones happened in past years. Proving it wrong, 'Amphan' lashed on coastal areas of West Bengal and Odisha states (of India) with its ferocious wind and rain on 20th May 2020 (Wednesday). From the moment it made landfall it started proving that it is the more vulnerable cyclone in last 100 years these states ever experienced. As a result millions of trees uprooted, electricity and telephone lines were being shuttered, houses collapsed, daily connectivity got disturbed.
I was witnessing the devastating power of nature how strong it could be to teach a lesson to human kind. The wind breeze was as ferocious as an injured tiger who was taking his revenge. With in few hours of the storm the areas were changed by look and place as if an elephant came to the paddy field and spoiled the crops from every nuke and corner.
I personally had several damages in my native house where my parents are living - several large trees were uprooted, some of them hit and damaged the wall, roof top was blown away, entry gate was badly damaged, electrical post fell on the wall blocking the road and created a scared scenario, and many more.
But among all these, thanks to almighty that we were safe, we could manage to hold ourselves safely for the entire day in a corner of our house and praying God continuously.
It will take several days to recover from the damages, can also be from months to years, but the moment will not be forgotten.
I have never experienced such devastation by any cyclone ever in my life till date. This will always be remembered with many experiences.
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