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More than a million evacuated from coastal areas in Odisha and West Bengal.
High winds have snapped power lines and killed two people on India’s east coast just a week after Cyclone Tauktae claimed 155 lives in western India.
Cyclone Yaas made landfall on Wednesday and prompted the evacuation of over a million people from low-lying areas in Odisha and West Bengal.
The Indian meteorological service said winds of up to 155km/h would produce waves higher than rooftops in some areas. Fishing vessels and shipping have been told to seek shelter.
West Bengal’s state minister Bankim Chandra Hazra said the storm “is a terrible blow for many people in coastal districts whose families have been struck down by Covid-19 infections and deaths”.
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