Cyclone makes landfall amid India’s Covid surge

Heavy rain and the sea tide flooded parts of coastal areas in West Bengal and Odisha states.

Heavy winds and sea waves hit the shore at Digha beach on the Bay of Bengal coast (Ashim Paul/AP)

Heavy rain and a high tide lashed parts of India’s eastern coast as a cyclone pushed ashore in an area where more than 1.1 million people have evacuated amid a devastating coronavirus surge.

Cyclone Yaas already had caused two deaths and damage to homes as severe weather and rains affected Odisha and West Bengal states before the storm began making landfall around midday on Wednesday.