Authorities began clearing roads and assessing damage on Friday after Cyclone Amphan barrelled through coastal communities in eastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh, killing more than 100 people and leaving millions displaced.
In India's West Bengal state, which bore the brunt of the storm that caused extensive flooding in its capital Kolkata, police and disaster response teams removed fallen trees and other debris, repaired communication lines and began moving hundreds of thousands of people out of shelters.
![This image from May 19 released by Nasa shows Cyclone Amphan over the Bay of Bengal in India. The storm made landfall on May 20, killing more than 100 and leaving millions homeless. Photo / AP](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FZKLBFXYSO3BJHFQPRHAU3GZF4.jpg?auth=290add53f9597f07a442190858d40d7c1bf58808ea29e992baa2608eed3f9e03&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Amphan hit land Wednesday as the most powerful storm in the region in more than a decade, dumping heavy rain amid a battering storm surge.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the cyclone should be treated as a national disaster and appealed for assistance from the federal government.