Investigation of the character and impact of tropical cyclone Yaas: a study over coastal districts of West Bengal, India

Tropical cyclones have become more frequent as a result of climate change and the associated temperature rise in ocean surface, wreaking havoc on both natural man-made elements. The most recent storm, Yaas, has had wide-spread impact coastal areas, with high-intensity wind, rainfall, and, significantly, inundation Odisha West Bengal region. Yaas formed over east central Bay depression gradually intensified to VSCS finally made landfall near Balasore coast, wind speed 130–140 km/h. 26th May, 2021. present study is, therefore, aimed characterize cyclone investigate expansion cyclonic different sector Bengal. Several space-borne data sets were employed this study, including GPM illustrate precipitation variability, Sentinel-1 images for mapping, Sentinel-2 determine MNDWI pre- post-cyclonic periods. results show that during period, hundreds km2 land Bengal, blocks South 24 parganas, East Medinipur North parganas such Sagar (37.10 km2), Namkhana (78.12 Pathar Pratima (58.74 Ramnagar I (15.24 km2) II (19.62 Khejuri (22.27 other inundated by surge about total 1195 mm rainfall. Eventually, people lost their homes, properties damaged, many agricultural fields barren salt water accumulation.