After path of Cyclone Yaas becomes clearer, Odisha expedites evacuation
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The present focus is on Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Jajpur districts.
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This Monday, May, 24, 2021, satellite image provided by NASA shows Cyclone Yaas approaching India s eastern coast. Yaas is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, and was forecast to hit West Bengal and Odisha, just days after a powerful storm Cyclone Tauktae battered the western coast.
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The present focus is on Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Jajpur districts. With very severe cyclonic storm Yaas predicted to cross the Odisha coast between Bhadrak and Balasore districts, the State government on Tuesday expedited evacuation of people from low-lying areas and brought more areas under its disaster management operation.
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UPDATED: May 24, 2021 18:00 IST
Satellite image issued by IMD shows how Cyclone Yaas developed over the Bay of Bengal. (PTI photo)
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Cyclone will make landfall between Paradip and Sagar Island on May 26 in the morning to afternoon hours.
ODRAF and armed forces have been deployed in districts likely to ne affected by the cyclone.
Eight NDRF teams have arrived in Bhubaneswar and will join evacuation and relief efforts.
As Cyclone Yaas approaches Odisha, the state’s coastal districts Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Balasore, Paradip and Bhadrak started receiving rainfall Monday afternoon.
Meanwhile, the state set a target of ‘zero casualty’ as it gears up for the probable landfall of Cyclone Yaas, categorised as a very severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 120-165 kmph gusting up to 185 kmph, informed Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Odisha, Pradeep Kumar Jena.