As the Odisha administration battled Cyclone `Yaas`, which ripped through the state causing widespread destruction, more than 300 births were registered in the coastal state, with some families rushing to name their newborns after the menacing storm, officials said.

Several of these children were born on Tuesday night, when the cyclonic storm was approaching the country`s eastern coast, while there are others who saw the light of the world around the time when `Yaas` made its landfall near Bahanaga, 50 km south of Balasore district.