Massive Cyclone Nears India's East Coast

In India, about half a million people have been evacuated from the country’s eastern coast as a massive storm sweeps in from the Bay of Bengal. Gusts of winds and rain swept the coast and officials warned of deadly waves more than three meters high as tens of thousands of people fled the coastal regions of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh states. They have been moved to shelters set up in schools and other government buildings. Reuters news agency reported two people were killed by falling trees ...

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