In pictures | Cyclone Yaas uproots life

A horse crosses a water-logged road after rains ahead of Cyclone Yaas at Digha in Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal, on May 26, 2021. Cautioning people that high tide in seas, caused by the storm surge, would persist, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee claimed that Bengal happens to be the (Source: REUTERS)

A horse crosses a water-logged road after rains ahead of Cyclone Yaas at Digha in Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal, on May 26, 2021. (Source: REUTERS)

A priest carries an idol of Lord Jagannath from a seafront temple to a safer place in Balasore district in Odisha, May 26, 2021. (Source: REUTERS)

A cow runs through high tide water at the Digha beach on the Bay of Bengal coast as Cyclone Yaas intensifies in West Bengal, May 26, 2021. (Source: AP)

High tide water enters into the village area in Bahanaga panchayat in Balasore district after the storm on May 25, 2021. (Source: The Hindu)

Rough sea during landfall of cyclone near the Bay of Bengal in East Midnapore district, May 26, 2021. (Source: PTI)

People wade through waterlogged street at Gheri village in Chandipur of Balasore district, on May 26, 2021. (Source: PTI)

Indian Army's Eastern Command spearheads response for rescue and relief operations in West Bengal in preparations for Cyclone Yaas, which is likely to make landfall on May 26. Credit: PIB (Source: PTI)

NDRF personnel remove a falling electric pole at Bahanaga panchayat in Balasore district. (Source: The Hindu)