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Indians flee as vast Cyclone Phailin bears down

By C. J. Refsland on October 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

My Comment: Pray for the people of India, hundreds of thousands will be affected.

AP Photo: Naval Research Lab

(MSM News) Cyclone Phialin, expected to make landfall Saturday, Oct. 12, approaches the east coast of India.

Cyclone Phailin, about half the size of India, may be a super storm with winds up to 196 mph. About 500,000 Indians are fleeing eastern coasts.

KALINGAPATNAM/BHUBANESWAR, India — Tens of thousands fled their homes in coastal areas of eastern India and moved to shelters on Friday, bracing for the fiercest cyclone to threaten the country since a devastating storm killed 10,000 people 14 years ago.

India villagers evacuate ahead of cyclone

Large waves were already pounding beaches in the state of Andhra Pradesh over a day before Cyclone Phailin was due to hit. Villagers were evacuated to schools in the north of the state and in neighboring Odisha, while panic buying drove up food prices.

Satellite images showed Phailin some 310 miles off the coast in the Bay of Bengal and likely to make landfall Saturday evening, with widespread flooding expected from surges.

The images showed the storm covering an area roughly half the size of India. Some forecasters likened its size and intensity to that of hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf coast and New Orleans in 2005.

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