While Cyclone Amphan Ripped Through India's Coast, Skies Over Bhubaneswar Turned Pink
The severe cyclonic storm, that wreaked havoc in the states of Bengal and Odisha, has claimed 12 lives. But after the storm residents of Bhubaneswar, who were greeted with purple-pink skies across and used Twitter to share photos from the city of Odisha.
As super cyclone Amphan left a trail of destruction in India and Bangladesh, skies over Bhubaneswar turned an ominous hue pink-purple. What any other day could have been a moment to gush over, became a bitter reminder of lives lost and destruction left behind.
The severe cyclonic storm that wreaked havoc in the states of Bengal and Odisha has reportedly claimed 12 lives.
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Residents of Bhubaneswar used Twitter to share photos from the city of Odisha.
¡°My city is an example that we bloom with grace no matter how stormy the times be,¡± tweeted a user while sharing a picture of the evening sky.
The purple-pink sky is actually a phenomenon which often precedes or follows a major weather event like a cyclone or a typhoon. It's the result of a weather phenomenon called ¡®scattering¡¯.
Take a look at the pictures below:
#1
This is the sky of Bhubaneswar after passing cyclone Amphan #AmphanSuperCyclone pic.twitter.com/ZBbFkzacGz
¡ª Saksham Dubey (@Saksham80263687) May 21, 2020
#2
Bhubaneswar sky at https://t.co/MFgtez8qY5 pic.twitter.com/4EexFmFkmo
¡ª anil pradhan (@anilpradhan2009) May 20, 2020
#3
Bhubaneswar Skies be the best. Cyclone Amphan gone forever. pic.twitter.com/g0bkWQuuCv
¡ª Debadutta Samal (@6times6times) May 20, 2020
#4
My city is an example that we bloom with grace no matter how stormy the times be. ?
¡ª Naimisha (@SpeakNaimisha) May 20, 2020
The evening sky! ?#Bhubaneswar #Amphan @BBSRBuzz pic.twitter.com/uFq5xAqSuj
#5
Purple sky makes everything seem magical. This bliss is sprinkled by our almighty after the cyclone passed. #Odisha #Bhubaneswar #India #AmphanUpdates #poem #CyclonicStormAMPHAN pic.twitter.com/HKQNXXXH5l
¡ª Arpita Aparajita Badajena (@ArpitaAparajita) May 20, 2020
#6
???? ??? ??? ???...#Bhubaneswar #patia #Amphan pic.twitter.com/CkMWx5UCN9
¡ª BishnuMishra (@bapun1) May 20, 2020
According to Express UK, scattering happens when the molecules and small particles in the atmosphere influence the direction of the light, causing the light to scatter.
Heavy storms and rain tend to wash away larger particles ¡ª which absorb more light and scatter wavelengths more evenly, resulting in muted hues and makes true colours vivid.
More than 1.25 lakh people have so far been evacuated from low-lying coastal areas and the process of evacuation was still underway in some places like Balasore on Wednesday morning, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), P K Jena, said
Intense rainfall was recorded in several areas of Puri, Khurda, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Ganjam, Ganjam, Bhadrak and Balasore districts since Tuesday, officials said.
AFP
The extremely severe cyclonic storm lay about 120 km east-southeast of Paradip in Odisha, 200 km south of Digha (West Bengal) and 360 km southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh), said H R Biswas, the Director of the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar.
Amphan is considered to be the second major cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal after the Super Cyclone of 1999 which had claimed around 10,000 lives and inflicted large scale devastation in Odisha.
The cyclone comes a year after Fani barreled through vast parts of Odisha on May 3, claiming at least 64 lives and destroying power, telecom and other vital infrastructure.
All Inputs PTI