Odisha CM urges people on coasts to shift to cyclone shelters
Odisha CM urges people on coasts to shift to cyclone shelters
Last Updated: Tue, May 25th, 2021, 20:00:32hrs
Bhubaneswar: As Cyclone Yaas is likely to have its most impact on Odisha making a landfall somewhere near Balasore on Bengal-Odisha border, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik urged the residents of coastal regions to cooperate with local administration and shift to cyclone shelters.
Addressing the people of the state, the CM also asked them to adhere to COVID-19 protocols and to continue wearing masks. He described how cooperation from people will strengthen the government s efforts. Cyclones not a new phenomenon for Odisha, chief minister Naveen Patnaik said.
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.
Seven migrant workers missing as boats capsize in Odisha
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They were trying to cross the border at night, fearing lockdown
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Rescue operation is on at Sileru River in Odisha’s Malkangiri where seven persons were missing after an incident of boat capsize on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
They were trying to cross the border at night, fearing lockdown
Seven migrant workers, including two women and five children, were missing after two boats capsized in Sileru River in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on May 24.
The incident took place when over 30 members of migrant families were trying to sneak across the Odisha border at night, fearing lockdown clampdown. Three persons managed to swim ashore, while the body of a child was fished out.
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UPDATED: May 24, 2021 18:00 IST
Satellite image issued by IMD shows how Cyclone Yaas developed over the Bay of Bengal. (PTI photo)
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Cyclone will make landfall between Paradip and Sagar Island on May 26 in the morning to afternoon hours.
ODRAF and armed forces have been deployed in districts likely to ne affected by the cyclone.
Eight NDRF teams have arrived in Bhubaneswar and will join evacuation and relief efforts.
As Cyclone Yaas approaches Odisha, the state’s coastal districts Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Balasore, Paradip and Bhadrak started receiving rainfall Monday afternoon.
Meanwhile, the state set a target of ‘zero casualty’ as it gears up for the probable landfall of Cyclone Yaas, categorised as a very severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 120-165 kmph gusting up to 185 kmph, informed Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Odisha, Pradeep Kumar Jena.