A cow runs through high tide water at the Digha beach on the Bay of Bengal coast as Cyclone Yaas intensifies in West Bengal state, India, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Ashim Paul)Heavy rain and a high tide have lashed parts of eastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh, killing at least six people, as a cyclone pushed ashore in an area where more than 1.1 million people were evacuated during a coronavirus outbreak. Cyclone Yaas had already caused two deaths and damaged homes as heavy rain pounded Odisha and West Bengal states before it made landfall late on Wednesday morning. Another person died in a house collapse in West Bengal state on Wednesday, said the state’s top elected official, Mamata Banerjee. A year ago, the most powerful cyclone in more than a decade hit eastern India and killed nearly 100 people.

Source: Irish Independent May 26, 2021 15:56 UTC