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Severe cyclonic storm Phailin struck Odisha coast at 9.15 pm at a speed of 210 km per hour. It made landfall at Gopalpur, a town already cut off from the state’s government communication channel. After a delay of about an hour, the India Meteorological Department made the announcement in Delhi. The cyclone is 250 km wide and has been carrying with it moisture sucked from an area half the size of India. It is the second worst cyclone to hit Odisha in 14 years.
By 10.30 pm, there was no information on human casualty. The cyclone will impact six districts directly. In Andhra Pradesh, two districts have been impacted. According to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) sources, 11 million people will be affected. The cyclone will continue to unleash severe rains and winds blowing at 200-220 km per hour. “By 7 am at tomorrow morning, a clear picture will emerge. But with all possibilities, there will be major damage to infrastructure,” says a government official managing the control room in Bhubaneswar.
In the past 36 hours, government officials along with the Army and paramilitary forces evacuated close to 700,000 people to safer places in five districts. This is the state’s largest ever evacuation and probably the country’s fastest such exercise. More than 5,000 military and paramilitary personnel are involved in rescue and relief operations.