The cyclone Yaas unleashed heavy rain coupled with high wind speed across Jharkhand causing loss of life and properties.
In Ranchi, 25-year-old Shankar Pandey and his newborn baby died after a wall collapsed upon them. The incident took place on Thursday morning under Jagannathpur police station. The deceased along with his son was sleeping inside a kutcha house when the wall suddenly collapsed upon them. Pandey belonged to poor economic background. They were rushed to RIMS where they were declared dead on arrival. Notably, Ranchi district administration claimed to have set-up temporary shelters to accommodate people who live in kutcha houses for those who are affected by the cyclone.
But at Orga Bazaartand under Orga police outpost area of Simdega district the local administration immediately sent four members of a family to the shelter camp after getting information that they are living in a dilapidated kutcha house. District administration has arranged food and shelter for such people who have been taken to temporary shelters for their safety from the cyclone.
In Koderma, an eight-year-old girl Pallavi of Class II died after a boundary wall fell upon her on Thursday evening at Madangundi locality under Chandwara police station area. Eye witnesses said that the deceased was going to the temple when the wall collapsed. She had died before being rescued from the debris.
Reports are pouring from different parts of Jharkhand about the collapse of trees, houses and bridges and sudden floods causing damage to roads and others.
“In the last 24 hours, between 8.30 am (Wednesday) to 8.30 am (Thursday), Jharkhand recorded record rainfall,” said Abhishek Anand, weather scientist.
For instance Chaibasa recorded 207.8 mm of rainfall followed by Ranchi (151.0 mm), Chakradharpur (133.6 mm) and Jamshedpur that recorded 108.1 mm rainfall.
The cyclone caused damage to roads and bridges also as a bridge on the Kanchi River at Tamar block collapsed. This was the longest bridge ever constructed on this river about three years back that connects Bundu, Tamar and Rahe block.
The intensity of the cyclone remained quite massive in Kolhan division covering three districts West Singhbhum, East Singhbhum and Saraikela-Kharsawan.
A diversion of under construction Sonua-Gudri road was washed away. The administration evacuated people living on the riverside after the Kharkai and the Sanjay river in Saraikela-Kharsawan besides the Roro and the Karo river in Chaibasa got flooded. Kharkai is flowing over the danger mark.