Cyclone Phailin: Odisha on high alert

Cyclone Phailin has intensified to a "severe cyclonic storm" and is expected to make landfall by Saturday evening

  • All 14 coastal districts in Odisha put on alert, five of them - Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Puri, Jagatsinghpur  - expected to be worst hit.<br><br>
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    All 14 coastal districts in Odisha put on alert, five of them - Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Puri, Jagatsinghpur - expected to be worst hit.

    Photo credit: AP
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  • Indian fishermen sort their fishing nets after they return with their catch on the Bay of Bengal coast at Puri.<br><br>
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    Indian fishermen sort their fishing nets after they return with their catch on the Bay of Bengal coast at Puri.

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  • A child plays as an Indian fisherman sleeps in his anchored fishing boat on the Bay of Bengal coast at Puri.<br><br>
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    A child plays as an Indian fisherman sleeps in his anchored fishing boat on the Bay of Bengal coast at Puri.

    Photo credit: AP