Hundreds of thousands of people are being evacuated as India braces for a 'extremely severe' cyclone moving through the Bay of Bengal
NEW DELHI — Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated along India's eastern coast on Thursday as authorities braced for a cyclone moving through the Bay of Bengal that was forecast to bring extremely severe wind and rain.
Fearing that Fani could be the worst storm since 1999, when a cyclone killed around 10,000 people and devastated large parts of Odisha, Indian officials put the navy, air force, army and coast guard on high alert, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Cabinet ministers and weather and disaster-response officials for a briefing on the measures being taken.
Tourists were provided special trains to leave the popular beach town of Puri in Odisha on Thursday, according to Indian media reports.
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