{"id":258224,"date":"2021-05-25T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T07:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/thousands-evacuated-in-india-as-strong-cyclone-inches-closer\/"},"modified":"2021-05-25T10:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T07:40:02","slug":"thousands-evacuated-in-india-as-strong-cyclone-inches-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thousands-evacuated-in-india-as-strong-cyclone-inches-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"#Thousands evacuated in India as strong cyclone inches closer"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Thousands evacuated in India as strong cyclone inches closer<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n This Monday, May, 24, 2021, satellite image provided by NASA shows Cyclone Yaas app<\/a>roaching India’s eastern coast. Yaas is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, and could pack sustained winds of up to 165 kilometers per hour (102 miles per hour), the India Meteorological Department said. It said the storm was forecast to hit the eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha, just days after a powerful storm battered the country’s western coast and killed at least 140 people. (NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)
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Tens of thousands of people were evacuated Tuesday in low-lying areas of two Indian states and moved to cyclone shelters to escape a powerful storm barreling toward the eastern coast.<\/p>\n


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Cyclone Yaas is set to turn into a “very severe cyclonic storm” with sustained wind speeds of up to 177 kilometers per hour (110 miles per hour), the India Meteorological Department said. The cyclone is expected to make landfall early Wednesday in Odisha and West Bengal states.<\/p>\n

The cyclone coming amid a devastating coronavirus surge complicates India’s efforts to deal with both just 10 days after Cyclone Tauktae hit India’s west coast and killed more than 140 people.<\/p>\n

Thousands of emergency personnel have been deployed in coastal regions of the two states for evacuation and any possible rescue operations, said S.N. Pradhan, director of India’s National Disaster Response Force. India’s air force and navy were also on standby to carry out relief work.<\/p>\n

Fishing trawlers and boats have been told to take shelter until further notice as forecasters warned of high tidal waves.<\/p>\n

In West Bengal, authorities were scrambling to move tens of thousands of people to cyclone shelters. Officials said at least 20 districts in the state will feel the brunt of the storm.<\/p>\n