Huge Cyclone Stalks India's East Coast

India ordered tens of thousands of coastal villagers to high ground on Friday, as a massive cyclone continued gathering strength as it moved toward the country's east coast. Pictures from weather satellites late Friday showed Cyclone Phailin so large that it covered virtually the entire Bay of Bengal as its center drew a bead on the Indian states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Indian forecasters are quoted as saying the storm is expected to strike a 400-kilometer stretch of the coast late ...

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