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Watch: Tornado hits West Bengal’s Hooghly district, killing two ahead of Cyclone Yaas

Reports said the tornado lasted for a minute and a half on Tuesday and destroyed 40 houses.

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May 26, 2021 · 10:08 am
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Few hours before the landfall of cyclone Yass a small tornado created havoc in Hooghly district. Trees uprooted and tin shed of houses flown away. pic.twitter.com/nsgpdnvjFm

— Anupam Mishra (@Anupammishra777) May 25, 2021

Hooghly chinsurah experience sudden #tornado type weather devastating situation here in #WestBengal #YaasCyclone #NewsAlert pic.twitter.com/bIBuMCcyZY

— Bikash Kumar Jha (@vicks_jha) May 25, 2021

A tornado hit Bengal's Hooghly district ahead of #CycloneYaas. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that two people died after being electrocuted due to the storm

More here: https://t.co/9QlasGIobT pic.twitter.com/NEBZydCOtZ

— NDTV (@ndtv) May 25, 2021

Sudden #tornado like situation in Bandel and Hooghly this afternoon @derekobrienmp @abpanandatv @ttindia pic.twitter.com/gyGYjUaCrV

— Ritabrata Maitra (@RitabrataMaitra) May 25, 2021

The tornado that hit Bandel-Halishahar as seen over Hooghly river, 40 houses party damaged, some people received minor injuries pic.twitter.com/jiGfHwzipQ

— Soumyajit Majumder (@SoumyajitWrites) May 25, 2021
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