Cyclone Yaas: Four killed, over 20 lakh evacuated in Odisha, West Bengal
The heavy rain caused by the cyclone flooded 128 villages in Odisha.
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Sea water enters through the boundaries of a house during Cyclone Yaas landfall in Chandipur area of Balasore on Wednesday.
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PTI
Three people died in Odisha and one person was killed in West Bengal on Wednesday as Cyclone Yaas hit India’s eastern coast, bringing heavy rain and high-speed winds, PTI reported.
The cyclone made landfall around 8.30 am at Dhamra in Odisha’s Bhadrak district. As per the India Meteorological Department’s update at 8.15 pm, the storm lay centred over north Odisha. It is likely to move north-west wards in the next three hours and weaken into a deep depression, the weather department added.