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• Cyclone Amphan made landfall in West Bengal, India, near the Bangladeshi border.
• Amphan became the strongest storm ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal on Monday night, though it has since weakened slightly.
• Indian officials said that up to 300,000 people in coastal areas are in immediate danger from potentially deadly storm surges and flooding.
• Evacuations across the region have been complicated by the coronavirus pandemic, as authorities attempt to maintain strict social distancing rules.
• CNN Weather is tracking Amphan here.

11:04 p.m. ET, May 20, 2020

Our live coverage of Cyclone Amphan has moved here.

6:55 p.m. ET, May 20, 2020

Here's what we know about Cyclone Amphan 

Cyclone Amphan made landfall in eastern India on Wednesday afternoon local time.

These are the latest updates on the cyclone:

• The victims: At least 12 people have died in eastern India, with one young girl in the Howrah district dying after a wall from her house collapsed, the state of West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.
• The damage: Thousands of homes were destroyed just over the border in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Oxfam director, Dipankar Datta, told CNN's Hala Gorani during an interview on Wednesday that thousands of makeshift homes in Bangladesh have been uprooted due to the cyclone.
• Millions evacuated: By Wednesday, Bangladesh had evacuated 2.4 million people, according to Enamur Rahaman, the state minister for disaster management and relief, who said evacuees from coastal areas would be relocated to more than 12,000 cyclone shelters.

Here's a map showing the cyclone's path:

3:12 p.m. ET, May 20, 2020

Cyclone Amphan bigger disaster than coronavirus, Indian state's chief minister says

From CNN's Rishabh Pratap

Commuters walk along the city's iconic landmark, Howrah Bridge to cross the Hooghly River as it rains in Kolkata, India, on May 20.  Bikas Das/AP

Cyclone Amphan is a disaster bigger than Covid-19, said Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of the east Indian state of West Bengal.

"The whole of the southern part of the state has been affected. We are shocked. It will take three to four days to asses the damage," the chief minister said Wednesday at a news conference.

"The cyclone has affected the electricity supply and destroyed many houses, bridges and embankments," she added.

According to Banerjee, about 500,000 people have been evacuated to shelters by the state administration. 

Banerjee confirmed that at least 12 people have died in eastern India after Cyclone Amphan made landfall there.