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Cyclone Yaas live updates: Bihar govt announces compensation of Rs 4 lakh each for families of those died due to cyclone

THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 28, 2021, 21:59:02 IST

Cyclone Yaas live updates: Bihar govt announces compensation of Rs 4 lakh each for families of those died due to cyclone

Prime minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha and West Bengal on Friday to review the impact of cyclone Yaas on the two coastal states. Cyclone Yaas pounded parts of India's eastern coast on Wednesday, killing at least four people and forcing more than 21 lakh people to be evacuated to safe shelters in West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:

12:37 (IST) May 28

I have seen that most of the areas have been inundated. Houses and large tracts of agricultural fields are under water. A field survey will also be conducted.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

12:35 (IST) May 28

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews post-cyclone situation in Odisha with CM Naveen Patnaik, Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi.

PM @narendramodi, @GovernorOdisha, CM @Naveen_Odisha, Ministers @dpradhanbjp and @pcsarangi attending a review meet… https://t.co/zE0eZGk5wC
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) 1622185067000

12:34 (IST) May 28

Look forward to a productive discussion and full cooperation of Centre towards making Odisha a cyclone resilient state.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik

12:31 (IST) May 28

Indian Navy continues relief operations in cyclone-affected areas of Odisha's Balasore

The Indian Navy informed that it will continue rescue operations in Balasore district of Odisha following the havoc created by Cyclone Yaas. As per an official statement by the Indian Navy on Thursday, "The Navy Disaster Relief Team was deployed on May 27 at Sadar block of Balasore district for carrying out relief activities in the area around Parikhi village which is worst affected due to water-logging."

12:25 (IST) May 28

Mamata Banerjee said that the damaged roads will be repaired under the Pathashree project.

12:23 (IST) May 28

PM Narendra Modi to hold a review meeting on cyclone relief at Kalaikunda.

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12:20 (IST) May 28

Bengal CM said those affected by the cyclone can claim for damages of agricultural land and fisheries and officials will verify it.

12:10 (IST) May 28

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee conducts aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas. (PTI)

12:10 (IST) May 28

Odisha minister Arun Kumar Sahoo seeks report on damage to crops

State agriculture minister Arun Kumar Sahoo on Thursday directed officials of cyclone-affected districts to submit a preliminary report of damages to agriculture and allied sectors by Friday.

11:52 (IST) May 28

I don't want to see any complaint regarding relief distribution or tarpaulin distribution or food distribution: Bengal CM

11:52 (IST) May 28

Ravaged by Yaas, Odisha faces flood threat from rising rivers

Day after Yaas battered parts of Odisha, the state is bracing for floods as the Baitarani river continues to swell following incessant rain triggered by the very severe cyclonic storm that has left more than 120 villages in low-lying areas of Balasore and Bhadrak under water.

11:35 (IST) May 28

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds meeting with Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to assess the impact of cyclone Yaas

11:09 (IST) May 28

Dhankhar to attend Modi-Mamata meeting to review Yaas devastation

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will attend a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Mamata Banerjee to review the devastation caused by cyclone Yaas, officials said. The meeting is scheduled to be held at Kalaikunda in Paschim Medinipur district on Friday afternoon after Modi undertakes an aerial survey of the affected areas, they said. Dhankhar will receive the prime minister at the Kalaikunda Air Force Station, the officials said.

10:23 (IST) May 28

PM Modi to conduct aerial survey, review situation in Odisha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on his visit to the Cyclone Yaas affected areas in Odisha and West Bengal on Friday. The Prime Minister will first land in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar, where he will hold a review meeting scheduled at 11am today. He will conduct an aerial in the affected parts of Odisha and West Bengal from 12:15pm to 2:15pm.

10:22 (IST) May 28

5 killed in Bengal in incidents of lightning, electrocution; heavy rain lashes several districts

At least five persons were killed in West Bengal on Thursday in separate incidents of lightning strike and electrocution, an official of the disaster management department said. Three people - two teenage boys in Murshidabad district's Hariharpara and another person in Nakashipara in Nadia district - died after being struck by lightning, he said. In Purba Medinipur's Nandigram, two young boys were electrocuted to death, the official said.

10:02 (IST) May 28

Breeding centres of croc, rare turtle inundated in Sundarbans

Nylon net fencing to prevent tigers from entering human habitations were damaged, breeding centres for crocodiles and Batagur baska - a rare species of turtle were inundated, as Cyclone Yaas has severely damaged the Sunderban Tiger Reserve (STR), an official said on Thursday. The majority of the 40 protection camps used by the forest department personnel in the Sunderbans were also inundated following a downpour induced by the cyclone on Wednesday, Chief wildlife warden V K Yadav said.

09:43 (IST) May 28

Kolkata: High tide-rain combo inundates low pockets

Large areas of the city went under water on Thursday following spells of heavy downpour since early morning. The situation worsened between 2pm and 4pm when a high tide in the Hooghly that inundated several north, central and south Kolkata areas. KMC officials feel there is more misery in store as another high tide is expected on Friday.

09:20 (IST) May 28

Cyclone Yass: Depression weakens to low-pressure area over Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh

The remnant of cyclone Yaas has weakened into a well-marked low-pressure area over Bihar and adjoining east Uttar Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Friday.

09:19 (IST) May 28

Yaas Cyclone: Bad weather stalls vax, testing drive in 7 districts, footfall minimal in others

Cyclone Yaas, which turned into a deep depression after entering Jharkhand, stalled the Covid-19 vaccination and testing drive in at least seven districts — East Singbhum, West Singhbhum, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Latehar, Chatra, Khunti and Lohardaga — on Thursday, said officials of the health department.

09:17 (IST) May 28

Jharkhand: Yaas Cyclone pours water on Covid fight, disrupts life

Two rivers — Kharkai and Subernarekha — passing through East Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan districts swelled up on Thursday following intermittent rains since Wednesday owing to cyclone Yaas, which has turned into a deep depression. East Singhbhum authorities have intensified rescue and relief operations in areas along the river belt to safeguard residents.

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