The location of the landfall was north of Dhamra in Odisha's Bhadrak district and 50 km south of Balasore, close to Bahanaga block, on the coast. (Photo | Special Arrangement)The wind speed during landfall was at 130-140 kmph, gusting to 155 kmph, as per Doppler radar data. (Photo | PTI)Rough sea in the Bay of Bengal ahead of Cyclone 'Yaas' landfall, at Digha in East Midnapore district. (Photo | PTI)The wind will slow down by the evening and the cyclone is likely to leave Odisha for Jharkhand by midnight. (Photo | PTI)There was no report of any major damage in Odisha though some incidents of trees getting uprooted have taken place. (Photo | Special Arrangement)Chandbali in Bhadrak district received 27.3 cm rainfall, the highest amount of rainfall in the last 24 hours in Odisha. (Photo | Special Arrangement)The IMD has forecast massive storm surge for some places like Mohanpur in Bhadrak where the sea water may ingress 9 km into the land. (Photo | PTI)The West Bengal government has opened a centralised control room at the state secretariat and several small control rooms in the coastal areas. (Photo | PTI)West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said most parts of the state were affected by the cyclone and the rain it brought along. (Photo | PTI)Restoration works for power lines have started in some places in Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, and Jajpur district after cables were snapped. (Photo | Biswanath Swain, EPS)Odisha shifted 5.8 lakh people to safer places, while West Bengal moved 15 lakh people ahead of the cyclone. (Photo | Biswanath Swain, EPS)Heavy rainfall in the Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district sparked fears of a flash flood in the Budhabalang river. (Photo | Biswanath Swain, EPS)Seawater entered several villages in Bahanaga and Remuna blocks in the Balasore district and Dhamra and Basudevpur in the Bhadrak district. (Photo | Biswanath Swain, EPS)
