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The Regional Meteorological Department has predicted that Super Cyclone 'Yash' is likely to make landfall in Sundarban areas and possibly move towards Bangladesh.

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But it’s made landfall around 10.30am into  south of Balasore in Odisha on Wednesday tore into the border regions of West Bengal and Odisha and weakened into a cyclonic storm, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake on the eastern coast. Strong winds and heavy tides lashed several coastal towns and villages on either sides of the Odisha ,West Bengal border inundating low-lying areas and uprooting trees, and claiming at least three lives –two in Odisha and one in West Bengal.

The land fall which hapend between north Dhamara coast in Odisha’ Bhadrak district and Bahanga coast in the state’s Balasore district, continued until 1pm with estimated wind speed of 130-155 kmph,

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said one crore individuals had been influenced, and around 15 lakh individuals had been emptied. Public Disaster Response Force and Army staff joined the salvage and help tasks.

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In Odisha, 128 towns in Balasore and Bhadrak regions were immersed following seawater entrance. The tornado made broad harm power transmission lines in beach front territories.Hundreds of thatched houses were ravaged.

On the opposite side of the boundary, in Digha , a beach front town in Bengal's Purba Mednipur area, hours before the landfall tall tsunamis penetrated dikes and overflowed towns around a kilometer from the ocean. A huge number of enormous trees  were uprooted, shops huts and resorts and hotels the beach were damaged as the waves pounded them.

As indicated by the India Meteorological Department, the tempest crossed the north Odisha coast around 20 km south of Balasore between 10.30 a.m. furthermore, 11.30 a.m. with assessed wind velocities of 130140 kmph. The typhoon hit the coast with undeniably less force than what was anticipated. By afternoon, the cyclonic storm had moved away from  Balasore and had entered Mayurbhanj district, triggering heavy rain.

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Pradeep Kumar Jena said the damage was being assessed. Collectors of Balasore and Keonjhar had confirmed two deaths, he said. As predicted by the IMD, tidal surge was observed above 4 m in Balasore and Bhadrak.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said three lakh houses had been harmed. Huge pieces of Digha, Tajpur and Haldia town in Purba Medinipur (region lining Odisha) alongside a few territories in the Sunderbanswere immersed. Specialists and the Chief Minister said the consolidated impacts of the full moon tide and the twister

 

prompted breaking of banks in South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur regions. Ms. Banerjee said there were reports of break of dikes at 134 spots in the State. "There has been broad harm to horticulture because of entrance of saline water. Associated areas like fisheries, agriculture have endured harm, however we will actually want to gauge the total circumstance in 72 hours," she said.A few towns in the beach front spaces of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas area lay lowered. At Sagar Island, seawater arrived at the Kapil Muni sanctuary, a couple hundred meters from the coast. The rustic spaces of Purba Medinipur area in Nandigram and Contai were waterlogged. In Howrah, several villages were submerged. While the damage was less in Kolkata and the city was largely spared, roofs of resorts were blown off_, trees were uprooted, and massive waves swept over the coastal areas. One death was reported in Purba Medinipur due to accidental drowning. According to the State government, people were housed at 4,000 flood centres. During the day, along with the State administration, over 35 teams of the National Disaster Response Force helped in rescuing people stranded in waterlogged areas of Purba Medinipur and South 24 Parganas. Seventeen columns of the Army, deployed in 10 districts of the State, also lent a hand in rescue work.

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Chief  Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday evening investigated the post-cyclone  circumstance and declared seven days of apportion and different supplies to groups of 128 resident in twister influenced regions of Odisha Work on restoration of roads has begun and 80 per cent of electricity supply is expected to be restored in the nest 24 hours in the affected districts the CM announced