750 births recorded amid cyclone fury in Odisha, parents rush to name newborns 'Yaas'

Officials of the Odisha administration said that around 750 children were born across 10 districts while Cyclone 'Yaas' battered the state. The officials, however, added that parents of some children have decided to name their children after the cyclone.

As the Odisha administration battled Cyclone 'Yaas', which ripped through the state causing widespread destruction, at least 750 births were registered in 10 districts of the state, with some families rushing to name their newborns after the menacing storm, officials said. Several of these children were born on Tuesday night, when the cyclonic storm was approaching the country's eastern coast, while there are others who saw the light of the world around the time when 'Yaas' made its landfall near Bahanaga, 50 km south of Balasore district. ALSO READ: Fact Check: Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier didn’t say Covid vaccine recipients will die in two years