After Cyclone Tauktae, armed forces gear up to brace Cyclone Yaas impact

The armed forces are gearing up for Cyclone Yaas, which is expected to hit the Odisha-West Bengal coast on May 26. Four diving and 10 flood relief columns have been pre-positioned at Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Chilika for rendering assistance to civil administration.

The armed forces are gearing up for Cyclone Yaas, which is expected to hit the Odisha-West Bengal coast on May 26. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the cyclonic storm will move north-northwest and cross the north Odisha-West Bengal coast between Paradeep and Sagar Island by the evening of May 26 as a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has airlifted 950 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel and 70 tonnes of load from Jamnagar, Varanasi, Patna and Arakonnam to Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Port Blair in 15 transport aircraft, as of May 23.