Posted on 05/26/2021 8:34:12 PM PDT by dynachrome
Heavy rain and a high tide lashed parts of eastern India and neighboring Bangladesh on Wednesday as a cyclone pushed ashore in an area where more than 1.1 million people were evacuated during a devastating coronavirus outbreak. At least six people were reported dead.
Cyclone Yaas had already caused two deaths and damaged homes as heavy rain pounded Odisha and West Bengal states before it made landfall in the late morning.
Another person died in a house collapse in West Bengal state on Wednesday, said the state's top elected official, Mamata Banerjee. The Press Trust of India news agency said two people were killed when they were hit by uprooted trees and another person died in a house collapse in Odisha state. There was no official confirmation of the report.
The “very severe cyclonic storm” packed sustained winds of 130-140 kilometers (up to 87 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 155 kph (97 mph) when it made landfall, the India Meteorological Department said. With the storm now almost fully on land, winds were expected to weaken.
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Cyclones in Bangladesh is less deadly that SARS Novel Corona~19! Even with a million person forced evacuation.
I was thinking the same thing - especially evacuating all those people in India and Bangladesh. God help them.
Saving the rest of the dead to blame on covid
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