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The wind had uprooted trees, brings down the masts of the power lines

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Before the onset of floods in Odisha were evacuated over one million people

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At least three people died in India because of the powerful cyclone “Fanny”, which struck on Friday in the Eastern state of Odisha

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At least three people died in India because of the powerful cyclone “Fanny”, which struck on Friday in the Eastern state of Odisha. The wind had uprooted trees, brings down the masts of the power lines. Before the onset of floods in Odisha were evacuated over one million people.

Large areas in Puri and other towns flooded. Currently, the cyclone is moving along the coast of the Indian subcontinent on the North side of West Bengal, reports NDTV.

East of India 220 cancelled trains, closed the airport in Bhubaneshwar, announced the imminent closure of the airport in Calcutta, reports TASS.

One of the victims was a teenager who fell the tree. Also a fallen concrete structure was crushed to death woman. And the third victim was a 65-year-old woman. Its time to evacuate to a safe place, but she died there of a heart attack.

Power Odishi previously evacuated 1.1 million people, including 600 pregnant women. They lived in camps of temporary accommodation away from the coast.

ପୁରୀ ବଡଦାଣ୍ଡ ????#Puri Grand Road ????#CycloneFani #JayJagannath pic.twitter.com/xt2EgXcClw

— Asit Mohanty – ଅସିତ ମହାନ୍ତି (@Asit5) may 3, 2019

Cyclone “Fanny” came from the Bay of Bengal. It carries with it powerful showers and wind gusts, which reached 230 km/h. This disaster was not the last 20 years. In 1999, a similar storm caused the deaths of more than 10 thousand people, therefore the state government decided to evacuate residents of coastal villages.

#CycloneFani @BBSRBuzz
Visuals from Puri. Keep Praying. #JayJagannath pic.twitter.com/f8DmJyakOw

— Asit Mohanty – ଅସିତ ମହାନ୍ତି (@Asit5) may 3, 2019

The element can also cause serious damage to crops, plantations of fruit trees. It is expected that the cyclone may affect some areas of the States of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal and neighbouring Bangladesh.