India Evacuates 440,000 People Ahead Of Cyclone: Disaster Agency

Authorities were having to "use force" to get reluctant villagers to leave their homes despite the already lashing rains and strong winds.
By Diane Sweet — October 12, 2013

India evacuates 440,000 people ahead of cyclone: disaster agency (via AFP)

Nearly half a million people have been evacuated from India's impoverished east coast ahead of a massive cyclone expected to make landfall on Saturday evening, disaster officials said. "The total is 4.4 lakh (440,000 evacuations) in all this," Marri…

 

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