Cyclone Yaas Hits North Odisha
Cyclone Yaas began its landfall around 9 am. It will cross the coast between Odisha's Dhamra and Balasore, which is 150 km south of Kolkata, within the next three hours. The storm is moving north-northwest at about 17 km per hour and will cross the north Odisha and Bengal coast by noon as a "very severe cyclonic storm". Projected maximum windspeeds - 185 km per hour - have been revised to 155 km per hour. Windspeeds will fall to between 65 and 75 km per hour by the evening.
