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The yellow taxi cabs of Kolkata negotiate a flooded city, even as cycle rickshaws and hand pulled rickshaws get through the flooded streets. Hand pulled rickshaw wallahs negotiate floods in Calcutta city, pulling their passengers through floods - not an easy job. Cyclone Amphan originating from the Indian Ocean hits West Bengal in May 2020. The results are overwhelming sights even at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport in Kolkata, West Bengal. Building structures have caved in to the high speed winds of the cyclones. The heavy rains caused flash floods and the dockyard is flooded. Aircraft are seen docked in the flooded dockyard. The loss of property in the Amphan floods accounts of millions of rupees and the loss of lives. Cyclone Amphan hits WB: Kolkata CCU airstrip submerged in flas