NEW DELHI – A powerful cyclone destroyed tens of thousands of mud houses in eastern India on Wednesday.
Cyclone Yaas was packing gusts of up to 140 kilometers per hour as it hit land, authorities said, days after Tauktae tore up the western coast.
Authorities said more than a million people had been moved out of the storm’s path, while television broadcasted images of rough seas, strong winds, and rains lashing the state of Odisha.
Weather officials said the “very severe cyclone” was expected to hit Odisha and adjacent West Bengal, with some effects felt even in Bangladesh, although the neighboring country is not in the storm’s direct path.(Reuters)
