Cyclone Phailin A Severe Storm

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[size=4][color=#2E2F2F][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]New Delhi: Cyclone Phailin, a storm as big as the devastating hurricane Katrina that left USA's New Orleans a ghost town, is heading towards Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. The storm, which is almost half the size of India, is expected have landfall at around 6 pm on October 12 near Odisha's Gopalpur, which lies between Paradip and Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Cyclone Phailin could hit windspeeds of 220 kilometres per hour, similar to the 1990 supercyclone that left over 10,000 people dead in Odisha and completely devastated several coastal districts. According to the Met department several areas could receive heavy to very heavy rainfall which can be as much as 25 cm per hour
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[color=#2E2F2F][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Over 60,000 people have been evacuated and more are being shifted to safer places as Odisha and Andhra Pradesh brace for the storm which according to the Met department is likely to cause extensive damage. The Navy, Indian Air Force and the National Disaster Response Force are on standby to assist the two state government in relief and rescue operations.[/font][/color][/size]

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[color=#2E2F2F][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Navy, IAF and the NDRF are on standby to assist the two state government in relief and rescue operations. More than 1,600 NDRF personnel have been dispatched to Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as part of preparations to handle the possible fallout of the "very severe" cyclone Phailin.[/font][/color]


[color=#2E2F2F][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Five districts directly in the path of the storm with IMD chief Dr LS Rathore identifying Ganjam, Khurda, Puri and Jagatsinghpur districts in Odisha and Srikakalum in AP as those likely to be the worst hit. He warned that the cyclone will be accompanied by a storm surge of up to three metres in the districts that will bear the brunt.[/font][/color]


[color=#2E2F2F][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The state governments have been instructed to remove people from sensitive areas and have claimed that maximum evacuation has been done. "We are better prepared than in Uttarakhand disaster. Windspeed as per latest bulletin is going to be more than initial prediction," Reddy said. He said 20,000 people in Srikakulam and 40,000 in Vishakapattnam have been evacuated.[/font][/color][/size]

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