The landfall process of ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ Cyclone Yass began around 9 am Wednesday, the IMD said. Heavy rainfall and strong winds hit the Odisha and Bengal coasts as the storm moved towards the coast. IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said, "Cyclone Yaas is crossing Odisha border, south of Balasore. It will reach Jharkhand tomorrow morning. It caused heavy to extremely heavy rain in Odisha in the past 24 hours. North Odisha and coastal Odisha are expected to receive heavy to extremely heavy rain today."