Cyclone YAAS passes Odisha coast, causes no major damages, triggers heavy rainfall (Videos)

Bhubaneswar: The very severe cyclonic storm Yaas which made landfall near Balasore coast on Wednesday at 0900 hours with high wind speed of 130 to 150 kmph, did not cause any major damages as expected.

The cyclone Yaas uprooted several trees, damaged thatched and kaccha houses in Balasore and Bhadrak district, disrupted road communication while tidal waves of 2 meters to four meters surge had inundated several villages along the coast in Balasore and Bhadrak district.

Special Relief Commissioner P K Jena said no such major damages have been reported from Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Jajpur districts where only several trees were uprooted.

In Balasore and Bhadrak district, the NDRF, ODRAF and Fire Services teams have started clearing the uprooted trees.

The District magistrate of Mayurbhanj has started evacuating the people from the low-lying areas and residing close to the Budhabalanga river to safer places.

The IMD DG said heavy to very heavy rainfall would continue in north Odisha districts today and in some places there would be extremely heavy rainfall of about 20 cm at isolated places.