A powerful storm has hit eastern India and part of Bangladesh, killing more than 100 people and injuring many more.
Wind of more than 160km per hour were recorded.
West Bengal civil defence minister Srikumar Mukherji said 50,000 houses collapsed or were damaged and most of the victims were buried under the collapsed walls of their homes.
The BBC reports most of Uttar Dinajpur district is without power because electricity poles collapsed after trees uprooted by the storm fell on them.
Telecommunication links are severely hit, railway lines damaged and roads closed in West Bengal. Thousands of homes were also destroyed in the neighbouring state of Bihar.
More than 155 people were killed by Cyclone Aila, which hit West Bengal and Bangladesh in May last year.
Elsewhere: nine of India's 29 states are in the midst of a heat wave which has taken temperatures above 40C in many northern areas.
