Yaas weakened into a severe cyclonic storm on Wednesday afternoon after pounding the beach towns in north Odisha and Bengal with a wind speed of 130-145 kmph, inundating the low-lying areas amid a storm surge even as the two eastern states battled the Covid crisis, officials said.
Yaas, which was earlier classified as a very severe cyclonic storm, hit the coast north of Dhamra in Odisha s Bhadrak district and 50 km south of Balasore, close to Bahanaga block, around 9 am, they said.
The landfall process was over around 1.30 pm, they added.
Rising river water levels after the landfall of the cyclone inundated large parts of Bengal s coastal districts of East Midnapore and South 24-Parganas as sea waves touched coconut tree-tops and cars floated in floodwaters.
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After path of Cyclone Yaas becomes clearer, Odisha expedites evacuation
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The present focus is on Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Jajpur districts.
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This Monday, May, 24, 2021, satellite image provided by NASA shows Cyclone Yaas approaching India s eastern coast. Yaas is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, and was forecast to hit West Bengal and Odisha, just days after a powerful storm Cyclone Tauktae battered the western coast.
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The present focus is on Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Jajpur districts. With very severe cyclonic storm Yaas predicted to cross the Odisha coast between Bhadrak and Balasore districts, the State government on Tuesday expedited evacuation of people from low-lying areas and brought more areas under its disaster management operation.
May 25, 2021, 18:46 PM IST
New Delhi: West Bengal and Odisha have evacuated lakhs of people from vulnerable areas to safety as severe cyclonic storm Yaas is nearing the coast and is expected to make landfall near Dhamra Port in Bhadrak district on Wednesday (May 26) morning. Neighbouring Jharkhand has also sounded an alert and is preparing for the cyclone s impact. Andhra Pradesh Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy also reviewed the preparations for Cyclone Yaas, including the need to make necessary arrangements for the safety of power plants and to ensure uninterrupted power supply to hospitals and health facilities treating COVID-19 patients.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that her administration has evacuated over nine lakh people to safe shelters. The Odisha government, on the other hand, said it has moved over 2 lakh people from vulnerable areas in coastal districts to safety.
The Integrated Test Range (ITR) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has taken all measures to protect its facilities at Chandipur and Abdul Kalam Island from Cyclone Yaas.