Cyclone Yaas likely to hit land at Odisha's Balasore

Cyclone Yaas, which is bearing down on Bengal and Odisha from the Bay of Bengal, is likely to spare the south Bengal coast and lash the Balasore coast in Odisha — 240 km from Kolkata — on May 26 noon with a thunderous wind speed of 155-165 km per hour, according to the Met department.