Several parts of coastal Odisha and West Bengal witnessed strong winds and heavy rain on Wednesday morning as Cyclone Yaas neared landfall.
IMD says that the 'very severe cyclonic storm' is expected to make landfall by noon today with wind speed of 130-140 kmph gusting up to 155 kmph.
The weather department has also predicted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand.
Cyclone Yaas lay centred over northwest Bay of Bengal, about 40 km east of Dhamra in Odisha, 90 km south-southwest of Digha in West Bengal & 90 km south-southeast of Balasore (Odisha), as per IMD update on Wednesday morning.