Naveen Patnaik
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)
Cyclone lashes India, Bangladesh; 6 dead, 1.1M evacuated

By Ashok Sharma And Julhas Alam May. 25, 2021 09:53 PM EDT

Policemen ask people to move to cyclone shelters as they patrol a beach in Balasore district in Odisha, India, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated Tuesday in low-lying areas of two Indian states and moved to cyclone shelters to escape a powerful storm barreling toward the eastern coast. (AP Photo)
Thousands evacuated in India as strong cyclone approaches

May. 25, 2021 02:09 AM EDT