In Pics: Seawater Enters Villages, Sweeps Away Huts After Cyclone Yaas Makes Landfall In Odisha

The estimated wind speed of the cyclone was 130-140 kmph, gusting to 150 kmph. In the picture, residents walk in a beachfront area as sea water reaches a nearby road while Cyclone Yaas barrels towards India's eastern coast in the Bay of Bengal, in Digha.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in many areas of Odisha and West Bengal.

Many parts of Bengal’s coastal districts of Purba Medinipur and South 24 Parganas have been inundated as the water level rose.

This is how water from the sea flooded the residential areas in Dhamra of Bhadrak district of Odisha.

NDRF and military forces have been deployed for relief and rescue efforts. In the picture, villagers wade through the water at a flooded road to reach a shelter as Cyclone Yaas barrels towards India's eastern coast in the Bay of Bengal, in Digha some 190 Km from Kolkata.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that at least one crore people in the state were affected because of the storm. In the picture, a submerged foot bridge on Adi Ganga connecting Kalighat Road and Chetla during high tide followed by a cyclonic storm.

National Disaster Response Force personnel clear trees that got uprooted in rain and strong winds as Cyclone Yaas intensifies over the Bay of Bengal in Balasore district, Odisha.

Last night, a boat carrying 10 people capsized in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur But thanks to the quick response by the rescue teams, all 10 were rescued. In the picture, fire and rescue personnel clear trees that got uprooted in rain and strong winds as Cyclone Yaas intensifies over the Bay of Bengal in Balasore district, Odisha.

'Yaas' which is crossing between Dhamra and Balasore in Odisha, weakened into a severe cyclonic storm and lay centred at 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday over north coastal Odisha near latitude 21.45 and longitude 86.8oe, about 15 km west-southwest of Balasore, said the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). In the picture, a man wades through a water-logged road after rains ahead of Cyclone Yaas at Digha in Purba Medinipur district in the eastern state of West Bengal

"Cyclone Yaas has completed the process of landfall. Rainfall will continue till tomorrow. Fishermen are advised not to venture till tomorrow morning because the sea conditions are going to be rough," said Umashankar Das, Senior Scientist, Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar. In the picture, residents look out as water reaches makeshift stalls along a road at a beachfront area while strong winds batter Balasore district in Odisha.