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Kolkata, May 26 (EFE/EPA).- The "very severe" cyclone Yaas started landfall early Wednesday on the eastern coast of India with winds of between 130-140 kilometers per hour (81-81 miles per hour), while more than one million people have been evacuated from the region."Very severe cyclonic storm Yaas centred about 50 km south-southeast of Balasore. Landfall process has commenced around 0900 hrs (3am GMT)," the India Meteorological Department (IMD) tweeted.IMD added that the process, in the eastern state of Odisha, was expected to take three hours to complete. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY).SHOT LIST: FLOODED STREETS AS CYCLONE YAAS MAKES LANDFALL IN DIGHA, NEAR THE BAY OF BENGAL, SOUTH OF KOLKATA, INDIA.
Cyclone Fani, one of the biggest storms to come off the Indian Ocean in recent years, makes landfall in eastern India. IMAGES
Biparjoy, a cyclone whose name means "disaster" in Bengali, is making its way across the Arabian Sea and is expected to make landfall as a "very severe cyclonic storm" on Thursday evening. IMAGES
Bangalore, May 26 (EFE/EPA).- India added more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths and over 200,000 new infections on Wednesday, taking the overall caseload to over 27 million a day after daily fatalities had dropped significantly.The federal health ministry said 208,921 people tested positive for the virus as 4,157 people succumbed to the disease over the last day when the country carried out 2.05 million tests, setting a new record of the highest number of daily coronavirus tests.The death toll due to the virus since the beginning of the pandemic last year has risen to 311,000. (Camera: JAGADEESH NV).SHOT LIST: VISUALLY CHALLENGED MEMBERS OF SNEHADEEPA TRUST FOR DISABLED, RECEIVE SHOTS OF COVID-19 VACCINE DURING THE VACCINATION DRIVE IN BANGALORE, INDIA.
Gangarampur, May 25 (EFE/EPA).- The local governments of Odisha and Bengal Tuesday are considering a mass evacuation of at-risk areas as Cyclone Yaas is expected to make landfall on the eastern coast of India on Wednesday. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY).SHOT LIST: NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE MEMBERS REQUEST VILLAGERS TO EVACUATE THE AREA BEFORE CYCLONE YAAS MAKES LANDFALL, IN THE VILLAGE OF GANGARAMPUR, SOUTH OF KOLKATA NEAR THE BAY OF BENGAL, INDIA.
Tropical cyclone Eloise has resulted in heavy rains and flooding in parts of South Africa's Greater Kruger National Park. The cyclone is passing over South Africa after it hit central Mozambique last week, where it caused severe flooding in port city of Beira and displaced thousands of people. IMAGES
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