WATCH | As Cyclone Yaas advances, tornado hits Bengal. 2 electrocuted
WATCH | As Cyclone Yaas advances, tornado hits Bengal. 2 electrocuted
Two people were killed due to electrocution as a tornado hit Hooghly and North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal ahead of Cyclone Yaas.
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Screengrab from a video of the storm that hit West Bengal.
At least two people were killed and nearly 80 houses damaged in a storm that hit West Bengal s Hooghly and North 24 Parganas districts ahead of Cyclone Yaas making a landfall on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee termed the storm a tornado .
(Video source: Twitter/PreankaaRoy)
The tornado hit West Bengal hours before Cyclone Yaas scheduled landfall near Dhamra Port on neighbouring Odisha s Bhadrak district.
1579 East Midnapore: Rough sea in the Bay of Bengal ahead of Cyclone Yaas landfall, at Digha in East Midnapore district, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. PTI
Bhubaneswar/Kolkata, May 25
Indian authorities prepared for Cyclone ‘Yaas’ to make landfall on Wednesday morning, cancelling trains and dispatching hundreds of personnel of the National Disaster Relief Force to eastern states as the country braces for the second cyclone in as many weeks.
The Indian Meteorological department said ‘Yaas’, a severe cyclonic storm, is likely to make landfall near Dhamra Port in Odisha’s Bhadrak district early on Wednesday morning.
Dr Umashankar Das, a scientist at the Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar said that the landfall will most likely be between Dhamra and Chandbali in the district.
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Rough sea in the Bay of Bengal ahead of Cyclone Yaas landfall, at Digha in East Midnapore district, Tuesday.
As Cyclone Yaas approaches towards country s eastern coast, the Indian Army has deployed 17 integrated relief columns, comprising specialised personnel with necessary equipment and inflatable boats, in West Bengal. The deployment of the Army columns is based on a requisition and is in close coordination with the government of West Bengal, the Army said in a statement. Lakhs of people in both states Odisha and West Bengal have also been evacuated in view of the cyclonic storm.
Cyclone Yaas Intensifies Into Very Severe Cyclonic Storm: Weather Office Cyclone Yaas Intensifies Into Very Severe Cyclonic Storm: Weather Office The Indian Meteorological Department also issued a red-coded warning alert to the Odisha and West Bengal coasts.
Cyclone Yaas is likely to gain a maximum speed of 155 kmph to 165 kmph during landfall.
Kolkata/New Delhi/Bhubaneswar/Ranchi/Patna:
Cyclone Yaas intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm on Tuesday evening, Indian Meteorological Department Director General M Mohapatra said, even as the states of West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand aggressively evacuated over 12 lakh people to storm shelters by late evening.
The IMD also issued a red-coded warning alert to the Odisha and West Bengal coasts.
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