The seaside towns of Digha and Mandarmoni in Purba Medinipur and Fraserganj and Gosaba in South 24 Parganas were among the areas affected by a storm surge of more than 2 metres above the astronomical tide level.
Cyclone Yaas batters Odisha, West Bengal after making landfall May 26, 2021
Rescue personnel are carrying out restoration work in war footing in different parts of the state of Odisha.
Rescue personnel are carrying out restoration work in war footing in different parts of the state of Odisha.
CALCUTTA Cyclone Yaas pounded the coastal areas in north Odisha and neighboring West Bengal as it made landfall around 9 a.m. on Wednesday with a wind speed of 130 kmph. More than a million people in India have been evacuated as the cyclone made landfall on its eastern coast.
According to news agency PTI, the rising river water levels due to the landfall of Cyclone Yaas inundated large parts of Bengal’s coastal districts of Purba Medinipur and South 24 Parganas, as sea waves were seen touching coconut treetops and cars floating in floodwaters.
Heavy rain and a high tide lashed parts of India's eastern coast as the cyclone pushed ashore Wednesday in an area where more than 1.1 million people have evacuated amid a devastating coronavirus surge.