India evacuates more than a million people living along its east coast ahead of cyclone Fani's landfall
BHUBANESHWAR, India - A powerful cyclone lashed coastal areas of eastern India on Friday with torrential rain and winds gusting up to 200 kilometers per hour , but there were no early reports of casualties with a million people evacuated before it made landfall.
Having spent days building up power in the northern reaches of the Bay of Bengal, tropical Cyclone Fani finally struck the coast of Odisha state at around 8 am local time , the state-run India Meteorological Department said. Close to 60 km inland, high winds uprooted trees and electricity poles in the state capital, Bhubaneshwar, where authorities had ordered the airport to stay closed. Schools and colleges in Odisha were also shut.
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