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West Bengal: Cyclone Yaas casts shadow on livelihood of fishermen in Digha ANI | Updated: May 25, 2021 17:58 IST
By Syeda Shabana Parveen
Purba Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], May 25 (ANI): The emergence of Cyclone Yaas has cast a shadow on the livelihood of fishermen in Digha in West Bengal.
After the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning for cyclonic storm Yaas, the fishermen from the Digha or the Mohana area of Purba Medinipur are worried about their livings.
Mohana is the hub of fisheries, which has been completely shut down due to the warning. Fishermen are now busy tying up their trollers, which are used to catch fishes so that during the storm their trollers do not sink. These trollers are their lifeline for survival.
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BHUBANESWAR: Cyclone Yaas, predicted to cross the north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar islands around Wednesday noon as a very severe cyclonic storm, will be the third cyclone in the Bay of Bengal hitting the East coast in the month of May in three years.
The state government has made massive preparations to ensure zero casualty amid predictions that North Odisha districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada may be severely hit.
Before this Fani had devastated large parts of coastal Odisha, severely battering religious capital Puri and state capital Bhubaneswar, after making landfall near Puri on May 3, 2019. This was followed by Amphan that left a trail of destruction in northern Odisha and caused massive damage in Kolkata crossing West Bengal coast on May 20, 2020. Both Fani and Amphan were extremely severe cyclones. This time Odisha anticipates very severe cyclonic storm with sustaine
Cyclone Yaas: Indian Navy ramps up preparations, deploys rescue, relief teams ANI | Updated: May 25, 2021 11:49 IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): With Cyclone Yaas predicted to make landfall on the eastern coast on May 26 and likely to hit parts of Odisha and West Bengal, the Indian Navy on Tuesday said it has ramped up rescue and relief operations to minimise damages. INS Netaji Subhas is spearheading the Indian Naval s relief effort at West Bengal and is in close coordination with the State Government of West Bengal for preparations for Cyclone Yaas, which is scheduled to make landfall between Odisha and West Bengal coast on May 26 , informed an official release by the Indian Navy.