KOLKATA: one crore people were changed and three lakh homes ruined in West Bengal as a result of rough weather conditions caused by cyclone’Yaas’, main minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday. 1 man died”accidentally” if he’d gone out fishing,” she explained. Cautioning individuals that high wave in seas, due to the storm surge, could last, Banerjee asserted that Bengal appears to function as”most-affected country”. Cyclone’Yaas’ made its landfall on Wednesday morning close Dhamra port at Odisha, in 130-140kmph, gusting into 155 kmph, based on Doppler radar information. The ministry further said that as many as 15,04,506 individuals are evacuated in the vulnerable regions in the country and moved to safer areas. “I shall be undertaking a aerial survey of the impacted regions in Purba Medinipur, South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas districts,” Banerjee said. As of this moment, the government has a preliminary notion of the harm caused, by the reports furnished by the district magistrates and other senior officers, the CM said. “We’ll soon be conducting field surveys to have a last quote… It takes us at least 72 hours to have a clearer notion,” she added.
WB: 1 cr Folks Changed, 3L Homes damaged
