Cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal is the fourth most expensive natural disaster overall and the most expensive cyclone of 2020. The year 2020 has been ‘extreme’ for more reasons than one.

Cyclone Dana battered the coastal regions of West Bengal and Odisha during the intervening nights of October 24 and 25. Heavy rains and gusty winds impacted Odisha’s Bhadrak district as the ...