Cyclone Yaas to intensify into very severe cyclonic storm in next few hours; Bengal, Odisha on alert | LIVE

Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are on alert with the IMD saying that the cyclonic storm Yaas is going to intensity into a 'very severe cyclonic storm' in the next few hours. Cyclone Yaas is likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Island around Balasore, during noon of May 26. Here are Live Updates.

Cyclonic storm Yaas is likely to make landfall near Balasore in north Odisha around noon on May 26. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the cyclonic storm Yaas is going to intensity into a 'very severe cyclonic storm' in the next few hours. #WATCH Rain lashes Digha, West Bengal as cyclone Yaas is expected to cross West Bengal-Odisha coast tomorrow pic.twitter.com/2SLm3Ej6F1 SCS ‘Yaas’ lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, about 320km SSE of Paradip, 430km SSE of Balasore, likely to move north-northwestwards, to cross north Odisha coast during noon of 26th May as a VSCS. pic.twitter.com/SV33nLgG8Z Yaas will cross the shore between Paradip in Odisha and Sagar island in West Bengal, close to Balasore, officials said. Several trains have been cancelled in the wake of the cyclone from Monday to Thursday. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is on alert and has also directed its rescue teams to ensure that the country's major medical oxygen generation plants based in Odisha and West Bengal are "running and alive" during Cyclone Yaas.