Y K Jethwa, ADGP (Law and Order), Odisha (Photo/ANI)
Cyclone Yaas: Evacuation process to get over by evening, Odisha Police gears up with high-end equipment for rescue operations ANI | Updated: May 25, 2021 16:38 IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 25 (ANI): In view of the very severe cyclonic storm Yaas likely to make landfall on the coastal areas of Odisha, evacuation drive is on a war footing and is expected to be completed by evening while rescue teams have been deployed with high-end equipment to carry out effective and prompt rescue operations, informed Y K Jethwa, ADGP (Law and Order).
Briefing the mediapersons, the ADGP said, To tackle the impending Cyclone Yaas, OdishaPolice has been involved in the pre-cyclone measures and post-cyclone rescue operation. The police teams in the vulnerable and coastal districts under the supervision of respective SPs have intensified the evacuation drive. As many as 81,661 people living in vulner
After path of Cyclone Yaas becomes clearer, Odisha expedites evacuation
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The present focus is on Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Jajpur districts.
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This Monday, May, 24, 2021, satellite image provided by NASA shows Cyclone Yaas approaching India s eastern coast. Yaas is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, and was forecast to hit West Bengal and Odisha, just days after a powerful storm Cyclone Tauktae battered the western coast.
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The present focus is on Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Jajpur districts. With very severe cyclonic storm Yaas predicted to cross the Odisha coast between Bhadrak and Balasore districts, the State government on Tuesday expedited evacuation of people from low-lying areas and brought more areas under its disaster management operation.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 25 (ANI): In view of the very severe cyclonic storm Yaas predicted to make landfall on the Odisha-West Bengal border on the eastern coast of the country, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged the people living in the coastal regions to cooperate with the local administration and shift to cyclone shelters.
With many people reluctant to shift to the cyclone shelters for fear of catching Covid, CM Naveen Patnaik issued an appeal asking people to cooperate with the officials
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BHUBANESWAR: As cyclone Yaas is likely to hit the landmass near Dhamra and south of Balasore on Wednesday morning, Odisha government on Tuesday launched a massive evacuation in the coastal villages of Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, and Jagatsinghpur districts.
Operations at Dhamra and Paradip ports were completely suspended since Monday in the wake of the approaching cyclone. While Dhamra port that is on the path of the cyclone hoisted signal number 10 indicating ‘great danger’, Paradip port has hoisted signal number 4.
Dhamra port sources said all vessels berthed at the ports have been freed and the people around a two-km radius of the port area have been evacuated to safer places.