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At least two people have died on Wednesday as howling winds and huge waves slammed eastern India in the COVID-stricken country s second cyclone in as many weeks.
Cyclone Yaas bore down on the east coast on Wednesday (local time), forcing the evacuation of more than 1.5 million people in the states of West Bengal and Odisha.
Last week, Cyclone Tauktae claimed at least 155 lives, including dozens of oil rig workers as it lashed western India, the fiercest to hit the area in several decades.
National Disaster Response Force members urged villagers to evacuate the area before Cyclone Yaas made landfall, in Kolkata India, 25 May 2021.
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Five dead as another cyclone batters India Wed 26th May 2021 | 10:45 PM
At least five people died Wednesday as howling winds and waves the height of double-decker buses belted eastern India in the Covid-stricken country s second cyclone in as many weeks
Digha, India, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th May, 2021 ) :At least five people died Wednesday as howling winds and waves the height of double-decker buses belted eastern India in the Covid-stricken country s second cyclone in as many weeks.
Cyclones are a regular menace in the northern Indian Ocean but many scientists say they are becoming more frequent and severe as climate change warms the waters of the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea.