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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to cyclone-ravaged West Bengal and Odisha on Friday. He will conduct an aerial survey to assess the injury attributable to Cyclone Yaas, that has claimed 4 lives up to now.
Packing winds gusting to 145 kmph, Cyclone Yaas whiplashed components of Indias jap coast on Wednesday, abandoning a path of broken houses and flooded farmland, forcing greater than 21 lakh folks to be evacuated to secure shelters in the states of West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand.
The prime minister will first land in Bhubaneswar and maintain a evaluation assembly. Thereafter, he’ll proceed for an aerial survey in the affected areas of Balasore, Bhadrak and Purba Medinipur. Later, he’ll participate in a evaluation assembly in West Bengal.
The cyclone made landfall round 9 am close to Dhamra port in Odisha on Wednesday, with surging waters sweeping beached fishing boats inland and swamping the mud-and-thatch homes and farmlands in low-lying areas. Yaas is the second cyclonic storm to hit India inside per week after Tauktae tore into its western coast, inflicting loss of life and destruction. Modi had additionally performed an aerial survey of areas that have been affected by Cyclone Tauktae in Gujarat and neighbouring Union Territory of Diu.
Meanwhile, at the very least eight lakh folks in Jharkhand have additionally been affected by Cyclone ‘Yaas’, which barrelled by way of the state early on Thursday, unleashing copious rain that lashed components of the state, together with Ranchi, and throwing life out of substances in many areas.
Around 15,000 folks have been evacuated and moved to security, and rescue operations are nonetheless underway in East Singhbhum district amongst different locations, as water degree in a number of rivers, together with Kharkhai and Subarnarekha, continues to stream above the hazard mark.
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