(Bloomberg) India evacuated more than 2 million people as a powerful storm hit the east coast on Wednesday, causing extensive damage at a time when the nation is battling the world’s worst outbreak of Covid-19.
West Bengal and Odisha evacuated more than two million people as a powerful cyclonic storm, Yaas, hit the east coast on Wednesday, causing extensive damage at a time when India is battling the world’s worst outbreak of Covid-19.
Earlier classified as a “very severe cyclonic” storm, Yaas weakened into a “severe cyclonic storm” by afternoon after pounding the beach towns in north Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal with wind speeds of 130-145 kmph. Yaas hit the coast north of Dhamra in Odisha s Bhadrak district, 50 km south of Balasore district, around 9 am. The landfall process was over around 1.30 pm.
Cyclone Yaas destroyed more than 300,000 houses in West Bengal and affected 10 million people, the state’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said. River embankments were breached, damaging crops and fisheries and livestock farms, she added. The state evacuated about 1.5 million people to safer areas. Neighbouring Odisha moved more than 500,000 people to relief centres where a
A powerful cyclone is set to slam into India on Wednesday, the second in less than two weeks, with authorities gearing up for relief operations at a time when the nation is facing the world's worst outbreak of Covid-19.
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(Bloomberg) A powerful cyclone is set to slam into India on Wednesday, the second in less than two weeks, with authorities gearing up for relief operations at a time when the nation is facing the worldâs worst outbreak of Covid-19.
Cyclone Yaas, equivalent to a category 3 hurricane, will cause heavy rains in the eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha, with wind speeds as high as 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour, according to the India Meteorological Department. Sea levels may increase 4 meters above regular tides and inundate low-lying areas, it said.
The latest storm follows a severe cyclone that hit the west coast last week the worst in over two decades in the western state of Gujarat killing dozens after a barge sank in the sea. The eastern region was hit by a cyclone in May 2020 with similar wind speeds, while another one in 2019 prompted authorities to evacuate millions of people.