Cyclone Phailin makes landfall in eastern India
- 11 years ago
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Early warnings and better emergency evacuations helped reduce the death toll as Cyclone (FIL-IN) Phailin blew through parts of eastern India Saturday.
Trees were fallen and some temporary structures were destroyed, but the death toll is only five so far- relatively limited- considering some 12 million people were in the path of the storm.
Officials had been expecting the worst after 10,000 people died from a cyclone in the same region 14 years ago.
The storm will remain strong as it continues inland, but it's weakening, officials say.
Early warnings and better emergency evacuations helped reduce the death toll as Cyclone (FIL-IN) Phailin blew through parts of eastern India Saturday.
Trees were fallen and some temporary structures were destroyed, but the death toll is only five so far- relatively limited- considering some 12 million people were in the path of the storm.
Officials had been expecting the worst after 10,000 people died from a cyclone in the same region 14 years ago.
The storm will remain strong as it continues inland, but it's weakening, officials say.