LIVE: Cyclone Yaas ravages Bengal, Odisha as over 2 mn evacuated; four dead
Cyclone Yaas Are living updates: Cyclone Yaas, packing winds of up to 130-145 kmph, whiplashed the country’s japanese coasts on Wednesday, dumping major rain, damaging homes and farmlands, and leaving at the very least four folks dead – three in Odisha and a single in Bengal. Yaas, which was earlier categorised as a extremely serious cyclonic storm, strike the coastline north of Dhamra in Odisha’s Bhadrak district and 50 km south of Balasore, close to Bahanaga block, close to nine am.
The Nationwide Catastrophe Reaction Pressure (NDRF) has deployed 113 teams in five states and a UT as portion of its preparation and reaction to the serious cyclonic storm ‘Yaas’– the maximum ever such deployment in the rescue operation. These teams have been deployed in West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Andaman and Nicobar Island.
Meanwhile, Odisha shifted 5.eight lakh folks to safer areas, although West Bengal moved 15 lakh folks ahead of the cyclone. West Bengal Main Minister Mamata Banerjee stated that 10 million folks have been affected by the cyclone in the point out. A few lakh homes have been weakened because of to the cyclone, she stated.
Jharkhand, presently on superior inform point out, ongoing evacuating lower-lying places amid the forecast that the cyclone would be hitting the point out by midnight.
‘Yaas’ is the second cyclonic storm to strike India in a week soon after ‘Tauktae’ tore into its western coastline, triggering loss of life and destruction.
