The chief of India’s disaster management authority says Cyclone Phailin is easing, and is likely to have lesser impact than anticipated as it moves inwards.
Marri Shashidhar Reddy says the cyclone has left a trail of destruction, and forced more than 800 million people to move to rescue shelters in the country’s east.
Winds had slowed to 90 kilometers per hour from top speed of 200 kilometers per hour when it made landfall on Saturday night. Large swathes of coastal province Odisha, including its capital, were without electricity for a second day after the storm ripped down power cables.
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| The cyclone has left a trail of destruction, and forced
more than 800 million people to move to rescue shelters in the east of India. |
Winds had slowed to 90 kilometers per hour from top speed of 200 kilometers per hour when it made landfall on Saturday night. Large swathes of coastal province Odisha, including its capital, were without electricity for a second day after the storm ripped down power cables.
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| The cyclone has left a trail of destruction, and forced
more than 800 million people to move to rescue shelters in the east of India. |
Media reports said at least 7 people were killed by the cyclone, but the disaster authority chief said there were no causalities so far.
"The overall impact of this cyclone will be much lower, it is estimated now, than what was expected earlier. Now it will move into Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and there will be heavy to very heavy rain there," said M. Shashidhar Reddy, vice chancellor of Nat'l Disaster Managerment Authority.
"I am witnessing such dreadful rains and winds for the first time in 15-20 years. Everything flew away, the umbrella also flew away. A tree fell on a house and the roads are blocked," said local resident Ravi Prasad.
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