Updates : Cyclone Phailin

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I'm requesting my fellow Indian members to post news updates in this thread.and please prey that life and property loss will be minimal...

also,highlight the important part when you post the news link...also post the link of any thread previously opened in this forum related to Phailin.


At least five people were killed - four people by falling trees and one when the walls of her mud house collapsed as the storm roared in off the Bay of Bengal, authorities said.

Cyclone Phailin pounds India, rescue workers start to assess damage | Reuters

 

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this news update is over half an hour old,showing no loss of life so far,though they reported casualty..they're saying that all the casualties reported are before storm hitting the coast.


The cyclone has prompted the country's biggest evacuation in 23 years with nine lakh people moved up from the coastline in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to safer places. As the cyclone hit Gopalpur yesterday, tidal waves rose to 3.5 metres. In Ganjam district, there were reports of wind speeds hitting upto 240 km per hour. The cyclone remained "very severe" for six hours after hitting the coast.



Ganjam district in south Odisha is believed to have been the worst-hit due to the cyclone, with extensive damage to crops and some buildings, government sources have said. Coastal areas in northern Andhra Pradesh however managed to escape the fury of Phailin.

Cyclone Phailin: power, communication lines hit in Odisha, no loss of life reported so far | NDTV.com



also,this is the latest...

BBC News - India hammered as Cyclone Phailin races inland

also,visit for updates and facts about cyclone..

http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/live-cyclone-phailin-calms-down-rescue-teams-ready_882863.html

 

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Live! Andhra out of danger now; flood alert in Bihar: IMD

More than 100 trains have been cancelled due to cyclone Phailin, said PRO Indian Railways Anil Saxena. 20 trains have been cancelled and 25 trains have been diverted partially. Saxena also said that the Indian railways is reviewing the situation through zonal and general managers and focusing on how to restore the traffic.

 

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Times of India showing pictures of this cyclone..

Cyclonic Winds at Chhatrapur, Odisha - Cyclone Phailin batters east coast: Latest images | The Economic Times


from Firstpost...

Cyclone Phailin live: 18 trapped fishermen return home | Firstpost

 

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Further northeast, port officials said they feared a Panama-registered cargo ship, the MV Bingo, carrying 8,000 tonnes of iron ore with a crew of 17 Chinese and an Indonesian, had sunk on Saturday as the storm churned across the Bay of Bengal.

Cyclone Phailin leaves trail of destruction, but few casualties | Reuters


around 15 reported have been killed(including 5 mentioned before) and few injuries..I think major danger has been averted.