Cyclone Yaas, which had grown into a “very strong cyclonic storm,” slammed the states of West
Bengal and Orissa – commonly known as Odisha – as well as southern Bangladesh.
This is the country’s second cyclone in a week, following Cyclone Tauktae, which killed more
than 150 people. It comes as India is already dealing with a Covid-19 epidemic. Yaas
pummeling coastal regions with heavy rains.
As the storm neared, more than one million people were evacuated across the country. According
to the most recent update from the India Meteorological Department, the storm had sustained
winds of 70-80km/h (43-50mph) with gusts of up to 90km/h. According to the forecast, the
storm is “expected to drift more north-westwards and eventually diminish.”
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated that 20,000 houses have been damaged.
According to her, one person died after being carried out to sea, and another died after their
home collapsed. According to reports, two individuals were killed in Orissa by uprooted trees.
According to a relief official, the occurrences are being investigated.
Nearly 1,200 rescue shelters have been sanitised in accordance with Covid-19 safety standards,
and health experts have been sent – yet the situation remains dire.
Tidal waves also swamped Bangladesh’s coastal districts, stranding hundreds of people.
According to an official reported by the Associated Press, more than 20 villages in the southern
Patuakhali region were inundated as waves pushed over two river embankments, and at least
15,000 people had sought refuge in cyclone shelters.
India’s territories of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu on the east coast are
additionally prone to be influenced, with more than 50 salvage groups shipped off them.
Air terminals in Bhubaneswar in Orissa, and Kolkata in West Bengal have suspended all tasks
until Wednesday evening. There has been 6 super twisters since 1999 that occured in East
India.Yaas has caused a financial expense of $ 2.76 bn misfortune in West Bengal alone.
The state saw another characteristic cataclysm during the hour of the novel Covid infection
(COVID-19) pandemic. Yaas hit beachfront regions and regions neighbouring the waterfront
zone, prompting the strengthening of the on-going emergency.
The ‘open’ stage started in a few spaces of the nation, including Bengal. Circumstances like this
instigate more dread among individuals, bringing about examples of separation.
Sonagachi is home to around 7,000 victims of sex-trafficking. Since March, because of the
pandemic, the victims have been bankrupt with no kind of revenue.
Around 89% of the victims of Sonagachi Asia’s biggest red light region – have fallen into an
obligation trap during the COVID-19 pandemic as the greater part of them have accepted
advance during the lockdown as they were bankrupt, a study has uncovered.
Yaas struck regions assigned for sex fill in also, because of which customers of the victims from
the peripheral classes at Basirhat were not, at this point ready to visit them any longer.
On one side, the pandemic was still on, while on the other, the tornado made the quantity of
customer’s decay. Alleviation didn’t arrive at the region of sex laborers all things considered. The
victims perpetually kept up the story of ‘no one comes here’. This equivalent story arose once
more, as per the Basirhat Durbar Samanway Committee, a group of victims of sex-trafficking
and their kids.
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