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The super-cyclonic storm "Amphan" hit Eastern India, specifically the stateof West Bengal, Odisha and parts of Bangladesh in May 2020, and caused severedamage to the regions. In this study, we aim to understand the self-reportedeffects of this natural disaster on residents of the state of West Bengal. Tothat end, we conducted an online survey to understand the effects of thecyclone. In total, 201 participants (spanning five districts) from theworst-affected state of West Bengal participated in the survey. This reportdescribes our findings from the survey, with respect to the damages caused bythe cyclone, how it affected the population in various districts of WestBengal, and how prepared the authorities were in responding to the disaster. Wefound that the participants were most adversely affected in this disaster dueto disruption of services like electricity, phone and internet (as opposed touprooting of trees and water-logging). Furthermore, we found that receivingresponses to Amphan-related queries is highly positively correlated with thefavorable perception of people about preparedness of authorities. Additionally,we study the usage of online social media by the affected population in thedays immediately after the disaster. Our results strongly suggest how socialmedia platforms can help authorities to better prepare for future disasters. Insummary, our study analyzes self-reported data collected from grassroots, andbrings out several key insights that can help authorities deal better withdisaster events in future.

A Survey on Disaster: Understanding the After-effects of Super-cyclone Amphan and Helping Hand of Social Media