India Bracing for Cyclone Yaas Amid COVID Crisis Could Spell Humanitarian Disaster for Country
On 5/25/21 at 1:27 PM EDT
India is bracing for Cyclone Yaas amid concerns it could spell a humanitarian disaster amid the nation s ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
The major cyclonic storm is gaining traction and heading to India s northeastern coast. It comes a week after one of the strongest tropical cyclones in history in the Arabian Sea, Cyclone Tauktae, blasted western India and impacted its COVID-19 relief operations as deaths from the virus surpassed 300,000 Monday, according to the AccuWeather Global Weather Center. I am concerned this can easily and quickly become a humanitarian crisis due to the existing COVID-19 disaster, AccuWeather Senior Vice President and Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter said.
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