Cyclone Yaas highlights: Odisha CM announces 7-day relief for 128 villages

One person has died in Odisha as Cyclone Yaas made landfall.

Heavy rain and strong winds have started battering the coastal districts of West Bengal since early morning on Wednesday as very severe Cyclone Yaas made a landfall around 9am. One person has died in Odisha as Cyclone Yaas made landfall. Northern Odisha coast is battered by heavy winds. The weather department has predicted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand.

"Light to moderate rainfall expected at most places with heavy to very heavy rains at few places with extremely heavy falls at isolated places in Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Balasore, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Mayurbhanj, Kendrapara and Keonjhargarh today," the IMD said.