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Phailin to be one of the strongest cyclons to hit India.
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Odisha, Andhra brace for ‘very severe’ cyclone; Phailin to hit East coast today Bhubaneswar/Hyderabad: Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Friday braced for the "very severe" cyclone that is expected to hit the east coast with winds gusting up to 220 kmph on Saturday evening, as lakhs of people were being evacuated to safer places and the military kept on standby. - See more at: http://post.jagran.com/odisha-andhra-brace-for-very-severe-cyclone-phailin-to-hit-east-coast-today.
East Coast Railway to regulate, cancel passenger trains due to cyclone Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway has planned to regulate and cancel about 24 passenger trains between Visakhapatnam and Bhadrak on the Howrah-Chennai Main Line route on Saturday in view of Cyclone Phailin which is expected to hit the eastern coast.
Thousands flee as cyclone Phailin threatens Odisha Bhubaneswar: India's East Coast braced on Friday for a cyclone covering half the size of the country, with tens of thousands of residents in low-lying areas fleeing their homes after authorities forecast a risk to life and extensive damage once the storm hits land.
Phailin is not less than a super cyclone: Odisha government Bhubaneswar: Cyclone Phailin is turning into a super cyclone before making landfall on Saturday evening near Gopalpur in Odisha
As Cyclone Phailin hits Odisha coast, potatoes sell at Rs50 per kg and box of candles at Rs90 Almost three lakh people have fled their homes as Cyclone Phailin — expected to be worse than Hurricane Katrina — is scheduled to hit coastal Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Saturday evening with a wind speed of 220kmph. The situation is so bad in Bhubaneswar that potatoes are being sold at Rs50 per kg, flattened rice is available for Rs75 per kg and a small box of candles costs Rs90.