Tag: Cyclone ‘Yaas’

Powerful cyclone Yaas destroys homes in India, forces airport closure

A powerful cyclone destroyed tens of thousands of mud houses in eastern India on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the busiest regional airport in the city of Kolkata as it brought storm surges to coastal areas, the second such event within a week. Cyclone Yaas was packing gusts […]

India to move over a million people to safety as cyclone approaches

Authorities on India’s east coast began moving more than a million people to safety on Tuesday as a “severe” Cyclone Yaas neared, days after deadly cyclone hit the west coast. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Cyclone Yaas was powering across the Bay of Bengal and would batter […]

‘Yaas’ very likely to move north-northwestwards, intensify further into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 12 hours

DELHI MAY 25: According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): (TIME OF ISSUE: 1215 HOURS IST, DATED: 25.05.2021)                 The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Yaas’ (pronounced as ‘Yass’) over westcentral and adjoining eastcentral & north Bay of Bengal– (Cyclone Warning for Odisha – West […]

PM chairs meeting to review preparedness and planning to tackle Cyclone ‘Yaas’

NDRF pre-positions 46 teams, 13 teams being airlifted today Indian Coast Guard and the Navy have deployed ships and helicopters for relief, search and rescue operations. PM directs officers to ensure timely evacuation of those involved in off-shore activities.  PM asks officials to minimise time of outages of […]

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