IN PICS | Cyclone Yaas Uproots Life In Bengal, Odisha; These Images Show Trail Of Destruction Caused By The Deadly Storm

Residents shift their belongings from makeshifts stalls to a safer place at a beachfront area while strong winds batter Balasore district in Odisha as Cyclone Yaas barrels towards India's eastern coast in the Bay of Bengal. (Image: AFP)

The landfall process of very severe cyclonic storm Yaas began at 9 am on Wednesday near the Dhamra port in Odisha's Bhadrak district. The wind speed during landfall was at 130-140 kmph, gusting to 155 kmph, as per Doppler radar data. (Image: AFP)

A Hindu priest removes an idol of Lord Jagannath from a seafront temple to a safer place while strong winds batter Balasore district in Odisha. Chandbali in Bhadrak district received 273 mm rainfall, the highest amount of rainfall in the last 24 hours in the state, followed by Paradip (197 mm), Balasore (51 mm) Bhubaneswar (49 mm). (Image: AFP)

Vehicles and a shed damaged at Gheri village after thestrong wind and heavy rain due to the landfall of cyclone Yaas in Kendrapara district of Odisha. Seawater entered several villages in Bahanaga and Remuna blocks in the Balasore district, and Dhamra and Basudevpur in the Bhadrak district.(Image: PTI)

People wade through waterlogged street at Gheri village after the heavy rain due to the landfall of cyclone Yaas, in Chandipur of Balasore district. The administration with the help of the locals is taking measures to drain out the saline water from the villages. (Image: PTI)

Rough sea during landfall of cyclone near the Bay of Bengal in East Midnapore district of West Bengal. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that one crore people were affected by the cyclone in the state. Three lakh houses were damaged due to the cyclone. (Image: PTI)

Rough sea during landfall of cyclone Yaas at Digha in East Midnapore district. The resort town of Digha in East Midnapore, which shares a border with Balasore district of Odisha, was completely inundated with the Army being called in for rescue operations. The Army has deployed 17 columns in West Bengal to assist the state administration. (Image: PTI)

A shop damages due to strong winds during landfall of cyclone Yaas at Digha in East Midnapore district. The nearby beach resorts of Mandarmani, Tajpur and Shankarpur were also flooded with seawaters entering the hotels and flooding the roads, besides causing damage to kutcha shops and houses. (Image: PTI)

Sea water enters through boundaries of a house during cyclone Yaas landfall in Chandipur area of Balasore. Several rivers in the riverine delta region were in spate owing to the phenomenal rise in water level caused by the dual effect of storm surge from the cyclone and the astronomical tide due to the full moon.(Image: PTI)

A tree collapses due to strong winds during cyclone Yaas landfall in Jharkhand's Ranchi. Jharkhand, which was already on high alert, continued evacuating low-lying areas amid the forecast that the cyclone would be hitting the state by midnight. (Image: PTI)

Dark clouds loom over trains at a railway yard ahead of cyclone Yaas, in Dhanbad. Operations are being executed on war-footing in the vulnerable areas in East and West Singhbhum, besides some other districts, in view of Yaas. (Image: PTI)