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Friday, 3 May 2019

Tropical Cyclone Fani: biggest storm in decades makes landfall in India

One million people evacuated as huge storm hits small city of Puri on east coast at about 8am

Tropical cyclone Fani, the most severe storm to hit the Indian subcontinent in two decades, has made landfall on the coast of the eastern state of Odisha, where officials are still trying to evacuate the homes of the most vulnerable one-million people in its path.

The “extremely severe” storm bearing winds of up to 185km/h barrelled into the small city of Puri, home to about 200,000 people, at around 8am on Friday, according to Indian meteorological officials.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2VJwOSN

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