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   Cyclone Yaas is expected to make landfall on Wednesday and could pack sustained winds of up to 165 kilometers per hour (102 miles per hour), the India Meteorological Department said. It is very likely to cross Odisha-Bengal coast and the Met department has anticipated that it will make a landfall somewhere in Balasore district. Yaas will be the second storm to hit India in 10 days after Cyclone Tauktae killed at least 140 people across western states last week. Let us take a look at latest images of cyclone yaas:

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   At the time of landfall near Balasore, wind speed will reach 155 kmph to 165 kmph, gusting to 185 kmph, along and off Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore districts in Odisha and in East Midnapore district of West Bengal. (AP Photo via NASA)

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   The Kolkata port said it will suspend all operations from May 25 till the cyclone subsides. Kolkata Port Trust chairman Vinit Kumar said the decision was taken as a precautionary measure.(PTI Photo)

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   Cyclonic storm Yaas is likely to make landfall near Balasore in north Odisha at a speed of 155 kmph to 165 kmph, gusting to 185 kmph, around noon on May 26, the Met department said on Monday. (PTI Photo)

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   Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the West Bengal government has made all necessary arrangements in dealing with the aftermath of cyclone Yaas, which might affect 20 districts of the state.(PTI Photo)

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   The West Bengal government has banned all forms of tourism in the coastal areas as well as fishing activities in the sea. (PTI Photo)

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   Cyclone Yaas's impact is going to be much more than Amphan, according to the information we have received so far. This is going to affect at least 20 districts in West Bengal. The districts of Kolkata, North and South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur will be severely affected," Mamata Banerjee said. (PTI Photo)

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   At least 51 disaster management teams have been readied in West Bengal, keeping in view the possible devastations predicted by experts. (PTI Photo)

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   Sea conditions will be very rough to phenomenal on May 26, the Met department warned and advised fishermen not to venture into the sea till further information. (PTI Photo)

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    Keeping in view the impending very severe cyclonic storm "Yaas", the Odisha government on Monday decided to suspend the COVID-19 testing, vaccination and door-to-door survey work in the three cyclone prone districts. (PTI Photo)

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    The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has directed its rescue teams to ensure that the country's major medical oxygen generation plants based in Odisha and West Bengal are "running and alive" during Cyclone Yaas.(PTI Photo)

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    It is an enormous challenge for safeguarding people this time amid the raging pandemic. (PTI Photo)

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    Several trains run by the South Eastern Railway have also been cancelled in the wake of the cyclone from Monday to Thursday. Among them are the Rourkela-Bhubaneswar special of May 25 and the Malda Town-Digha special of May 27. (PTI Photo)

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    Wind speed on May 26 in Kolkata, Howrah and Hooghly will reach 70 kmph to 80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph. (PTI Photo)