In pictures: Amphan leaves West Bengal, Odisha reeling

An uprooted tree near Writers’ Building at Dalhousie area in Kolkata on Thursday morning. (Source: The Hindu)

The casualties due to Super Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal increased to 72, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. Of them, 15 are from Kolkata, she added.

It brushed past Odisha’s coast on Wednesday, leaving about 45 lakh people affected in the State.

An elderly woman tries to salvage her house that collapsed during Cyclone Amphan, in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on Thursday. (Source: PTI)

An elderly woman tries to salvage her house that collapsed during Cyclone Amphan, in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on Thursday. (Source: PTI)

This photo provided by the Indian Red Cross Society shows a villager standing outside his damaged house after Cyclone Amphan, the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane, hit the area in Bhadrak district of Orissa state, India, on Thursday. (Source: AP)

An uprooted tree in the Nilhat House complex on the Dalhousie road in Kolkata on Thursday morning. (Source: The Hindu)

Milkmen wade through a flooded road after Cyclone Amphan, in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, on Thursday. (Source: PTI)

A tree fell during cyclone Amphan, in Tollygunj area of Kolkata on Thursday morning. (Source: The Hindu)

An uprooted tree in Tollygunj area of Kolkata on Thursday morning. (Source: The Hindu)

Locals clearing an uprooted tree from the Ranaghat-Krishnagar state highway road, in the aftermath of super cyclone Amphan, near Taherpur in Nadia, West Bengal, on Thursday. (Source: PTI)