Six killed as cyclone lashes India and Bangladesh

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