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Heavy rain lashed the metropolis and some other districts of West Bengal, a day after cyclone Yaas wreaked havoc in several places
At least five persons were killed in West Bengal on Thursday in separate incidents of lightning strike and electrocution, an official of the
disaster management department said.
Three people - two teenage boys in Murshidabad district s Hariharpara and another person in Nakashipara in Nadia district - died after being struck by lightning, he said.
In Purba Medinipur s Nandigram, two young boys were electrocuted to death, the official said. Heavy rain lashed the metropolis and some other districts of West Bengal, a day after cyclone Yaas wreaked havoc in several places in North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas and the tourist hotspot of Digha, but spared Kolkata of any significant damage.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that the cyclonic storm Yaas is going to intensity into a very severe cyclonic storm in the next 12 hours.
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Howrah: Dark clouds hover in the sky ahead of landfall of Cyclone Yaas at Dhulagarh in Howrah district, Monday
With West Bengal bracing up for Cyclonic storm Yass, Calcutta High Court on Monday informed that it has canceled the hearing of all matters listed for May 26 and 27, in view of the warning issued by India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the cyclonic storm.
Calcutta High Court issued a notification and stated, All matters listed on 26 and 27 may 2021 which cannot be taken up because of the above crisis can automatically be listed on the next available day for sitting of all respective bench or benches.
Read more about India braces for another storm: All you need to know about Cyclone Yaas on Business Standard. Yaas is expected to be about as intense as Cyclone Tauktae which slammed into the west coast last week but tamer than Cyclone Amphan which hit Bengal exactly one year ago