Unexpected Tornado On The Banks of Hooghly River Governments of Bengal & Odisha are on high alert for the very severe tropical cyclonic storm Yaas heading their way from the Bay of Bengal. It is likely to make landfall late on May 26. Both states will be hit by wind speeds likely to whip up to 155 to 165 kmph gusting at 185 kmph. Yaas is expected to be about as intense as Tropical Cyclone Tauktae which slammed into the west coast last week but tamer than Cyclone Amphan which hit Bengal exactly one year ago and for about three devastating minutes sustained wind speeds of 240 kmph. At least 80 people lost their lives. The wind speed of the 1999 super-cyclone, the most severe one ever in the Bay of Bengal, is reported to have hit Odisha with winds speeds of 260 to 300 kmph & claimed nearly 10,000 lives.

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