Very severe Cyclone Yaas makes landfall over Odisha, Bengal coasts
Cyclone Yaas made landfall around 9 am in the coastal districts of West Bengal. Northern Odisha coast is battered by heavy winds. One person has died in Odisha as heavy rain and strong winds batter the coastal districts of West Bengal since early morning.
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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.(PTI)
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Water from the sea entered residential areas along New Digha Sea Beach in East Midnapore, West Bengal(ANI)
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Cyclone Yaas centred about 50 km South-Southeast of Balasore (Odisha). (IMD)
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Rain lashed Kolkata and several other cities of West Bengal on Wednesday morning.(ANI)
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