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Heavy rain lashed the metropolis and some other districts of West Bengal, a day after cyclone Yaas wreaked havoc in several places
At least five persons were killed in West Bengal on Thursday in separate incidents of lightning strike and electrocution, an official of the
disaster management department said.
Three people - two teenage boys in Murshidabad district s Hariharpara and another person in Nakashipara in Nadia district - died after being struck by lightning, he said.
In Purba Medinipur s Nandigram, two young boys were electrocuted to death, the official said. Heavy rain lashed the metropolis and some other districts of West Bengal, a day after cyclone Yaas wreaked havoc in several places in North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas and the tourist hotspot of Digha, but spared Kolkata of any significant damage.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Yaas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Yaas. The cyclone left a trail of devastation in the coastal state, killing at least 4.
The Prime Minister later undertook an aerial survey of the affected areas of Bhadrak and Balasore districts.
The Prime Minister will also visit West Bengal to take stock of damage. He will conduct aerial survey in East Medinipur and later hold a meeting with government officials at Kalaikunda in Paschim Medinipur district. He will be received by West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at the Kalaikunda Air Force Station. According to reports, Chief Minister Mamata Bnnerjee will be present at the meeti
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that the cyclonic storm Yaas is going to intensity into a very severe cyclonic storm in the next 12 hours.
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Cyclone Yaas has evolved into a cyclonic storm
Cyclone Yaas has evolved into a cyclonic storm after it formed in the low-pressure area over the east-central region of the Bay of Bengal on May 22. As per the earth science ministry, the cyclone has concentrated into a depression over east-central Bay of Bengal and lay centred at about 560 km north-northwest of Port Blair (Andaman Islands), 590 km east-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 690 km south-southeast of Balasore (Odisha) and 670 km south-southeast of Digha (West Bengal). It is very likely to move slowly north-