NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of people were evacuated May 25 from low-lying areas of two Indian states and moved to cyclone shelters to escape a powerful storm barreling toward the eastern coast.

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NEW DELHI — India’s eastern coast was on alert ahead of a severe cyclone brewing in the Bay of Bengal on May 24, just days after a powerful storm battered the country’s western coast and killed at ...

Cyclone Yaas, packing winds of around 80-90 mph (130-140 km/h) and the equivalent to a strong Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic and East Pacific basins, crashed onshore over northeastern India ...