Huge evacuation underway in India as cyclone closes in
The Independent|October 25, 2024
Cyclone Dana is barrelling toward India’s east coast, prompting authorities to shut schools and airports and begin evacuating more than 1 million people.
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Huge evacuation underway in India as cyclone closes in

The storm, packing wind speeds of 62-68mph and gusts up to 74mph, is expected to make landfall today along the coastlines of Odisha and West Bengal. Heavy rain is forecast to bring the risk of significant flooding in lowlying areas, the Indian Meteorological Department has warned.

In Odisha, authorities already evacuated 300,000 people from vulnerable areas by yesterday morning, with plans to relocate more than 1 million residents in total from 14 districts. “The government is fully prepared to tackle the situation. You are in safe hands,” Odisha’s chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi told people, according to PTI news agency.

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