At Least Six Dead as Tropical Cyclone Yaas Inundates Parts of Northeast India, Bangladesh
The Weather Channel 3 days ago Ron Brackett
At least six people have been killed and thousands of homes were damaged Wednesday as Tropical Cyclone Yaas slammed into India and Bangladesh.
The cyclone, the second to hit India in a little more than a week, came ashore in the state of Odisha about 10:30 a.m. local time (1 a.m. EDT), according to the India Meteorological Department.
About 20,000 mud houses and temporary shelters had been damaged in the northeast Indian state of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, the state s chief minister, said, according to Reuters. He said at least 10 million people had been affected by the cylone.
2021-05-25 09:35:27 GMT2021-05-25 17:35:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Peerzada Arshad Hamid
NEW DELHI, May 25 (Xinhua) Authorities in India s eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha have begun to evacuate people from highly prone areas ahead of Cyclone Yaas, officials said on Tuesday.
The evacuations are likely to be completed before the arrival of Yaas, which is predicted to hit the West Bengal-Odisha coast on Wednesday noon.
According to officials, people were evacuated in the Chandipur area of Odisha s Balasore district by the local administration and marine police force. The government officials were seen making announcements on loudspeakers, urging people to move to safer locations ahead of the cyclone.
Cyclone Yaas, which is bearing down on Bengal and Odisha from the Bay of Bengal, will make landfall near Balasore coast in Odisha - 240km from Kolkata - on May 26 noon with a thunderous wind speed of 155kmph-165kmph. While Bengal will avoid a direct hit, several of its districts East Midnapore, West Midnapore, Jhargram, Bankura and Purulia falling within the core area of Yaas are likely to be severely affected. Each of these districts may receive heavy rain accompanied by very high wind speed.
Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are on alert with the IMD saying that the cyclonic storm Yaas is going to intensity into a 'very severe cyclonic storm' in the next few hours. Cyclone Yaas is likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Island around Balasore, during noon of May 26. Here are Live Updates.
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