India Hammered As Cyclone Phailin Races Inland

A powerful cyclone has hammered eastern India overnight, bringing down power lines, ripping up trees and sending seawater surging inland.
Almost half a million people have been evacuated from the path of Cyclone Phailin in Orissa state and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.

The massive storm made landfall on Saturday, packing winds of up to 200km/h (125mph).

In 1999 a cyclone killed more than 10,000 people in Orissa.

However, authorities say they were better prepared this time.

By Saturday evening, five deaths were linked to the cyclone, four attributed to falling trees and one to a house collapse.

BBC

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