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Hundreds of thousands evacuated as Cyclone Helen hits India
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/22/hundreds-of-thousands-evacuated-as-cyclone-helen-hits-india/
Hundreds of thousands evacuated as Cyclone Helen hits India
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, November 22, 2013 10:57 EST
Hundreds of thousands were evacuated as a severe cyclone slammed into southeastern India Friday, packing strong winds and torrential rains and killing at least two people, according to officials.
“Cyclone Helen has made landfall,” an official with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) told AFP, as rains lashed Andhra Pradesh, disrupting life and snapping communication lines.
Two people were killed by falling trees in the storm that comes a month after a cyclone left at least 18 people dead and a trail of destruction along coastal Andhra Pradesh and in the eastern state of Orissa.
Disaster authorities expect “high rainfall during the next 24 hours” in three coastal districts of cyclone-prone Andhra Pradesh, said the disaster management official.
