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Cyclone Yaas: Anticipating landfall in Balasore, Odisha rushes rescue teams

The Odisha government rushed a large contingent of rescue and relief teams to Balasore district bordering West Bengal on Monday where the very severe cyclonic storm Yaas in likely to make landfall. Considering the input given by the weather office, the state government is preparing for possible landfall of the cyclone in Odisha, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) PK Jena told reporters. A massive evacuation drive will be launched in all low-lying areas and vulnerable storm-surge pockets, following the IMD predicting a tidal surge of 2-4.5 meters during the landfall of Yaas, Jena said. The process of evacuation has already begun in the state and would be completed by Tuesday afternoon. The government is determined to ensure zero casualty in the cyclone, he said.

Odisha sends IAS, IPS officers, doctors to ground zero to tackle Cyclone Yaas | Bhubaneswar News

The cyclone is likely to cause the maximum damage at Balasore and Bhadrak. BHUBANESWAR: As Cyclone Yaas inches closer to Odisha coast, the state government on Monday deployed some senior IAS and IPS officers as well as engineers and officers from different departments in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada and Mayurbhanj districts to supervise the rescue and restoration activities. Many doctors too have been sent to Balasore and Bhadrak where the cyclone is likely to cause the maximum damage. Yaas is likely to make landfall in Balasore district on May 26. Sports secretary Vishal Dev and inspector general of police (eastern range) Diptesh Pattanayak have been assigned to oversee the operations in Balasore; Food supplies secretary V V Yadav and inspector general of police (crime branch) Amitendra Nath Sinha would look after Bhadrak; industries secretary Hemant Sharma and deputy inspector general (central range) J N Pankaj have been sent to Kendrapada; higher education s

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