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Cyclone Yaas: landfall in Odisha but flood scares in Bengal

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By Jayanta Basu

Cyclone Yaas might be making landfall in Odisha May 26, 2021, but the very severe cyclonic storm has caused jitters in West Bengal, especially its two coastal districts one of which is home to several industries.

There are concerns about whether the ageing industries in the port of Haldia would be able to bear the strong winds of Yaas.

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“We can now confirm that the cyclone would continue to move north-north west towards Jharkhand after making landfall at about 40 kilometres south of Balasore; but Bengal districts like Purba Medinipur and South 24 Paraganas would be significantly affected,” Mrinttunjoy Mahapatra, director-general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) told this reporter May 25.

The West Bengal government had already evacuated about 300,000 people from vulnerable areas including around 170,000 million from the Sundarbans, P Ulganathan, district magistrate of South 24 Paraganas, said.

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