Video : Cyclone Yaas causes havoc in Odisha and West Bengal
New Delhi : After landfall in Odisha on Wednesday morning, Yaas caused massive destruction in the Odisha-West Bengal border areas. During this, the storm reached the lowlands and uprooted many trees. It is reported that at least 5 people have died so far. Meanwhile, Yaas entered the Jharkhand border on Wednesday night. However, the Meteorological Department has reported that the storm is weakening.
#WATCH Shankarpur village in East Midnapore of West Bengal inundated due to cyclone Yaas pic.twitter.com/v2SDWsKikk
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Due to this storm, 3 lakh houses were destroyed in West Bengal. 1 crore people were affected. The same effect of the storm was seen in Odisha. Odisha and Bengal received rains with strong winds due to severe cyclonic storm Yaas. Devastation caused by the storm can be predicted from these different pictures from Odisha and West Bengal. Strong winds and rain flooded the streets several feet. The JCB machine going to help people got caught in the grip of the storm.
West Bengal | Indian Coast Guard response team rescues about 100 stranded people through air cushion vehicle in Nayachara village. Rescue operation also underway at Contai
(Video Source: Indian Coast Guard)#CycloneYass pic.twitter.com/P6s7wLqGT8
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This was the raging form of Cyclone Yaas, who uprooted houses, shops and giant trees. This was just an early glimpse of the cyclonic storm. During the 3-hour landfall, Yaas was at its peak in Bhadrak and Balasore in Odisha and it was in these places that the maximum devastation was also predicted.
Boats and shops damaged after landfall of #CycloneYaas in Odisha. Check posts barricades blown away with the wind at Udaipur near the West Bengal-Odisha border. pic.twitter.com/lRQqHOMqSY
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Due to increase in water level in the rivers due to Yaas, the coastal districts of West Bengal, East Medinipur and many areas of South 24 Parganas were flooded. At the same time many small villages and towns were submerged. In Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly of West Bengal, the effect of the storm was also seen. Haldia Port also witnessed the brunt of the rising waves due to the storm.
Odisha: Fishing boats at Paradeep jetty damaged due to #CycloneYaas pic.twitter.com/043MQfsBBE
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#WATCH | West Bengal: Turbulent sea and strong winds witnessed in Digha of Purba Medinipur district.
At 9.30 am #CycloneYaas is about 30 km south-southeast of Balasore (Odisha). Current intensity of the storm is 130-140 kmph, as per IMD. pic.twitter.com/HLSmtsA1c2
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#WATCH | Odisha: Water from the sea floods the residential areas in Dhamra of Bhadrak district.
The landfall process of #CycloneYaas is continuing. It will take around 3 hours to complete. It is 30 km south-southeast of Balasore at 9:30 am, as per IMD's update. pic.twitter.com/j6JMo2f3sa
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