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Police: Cyclone kills 56 people in India

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Police say a cyclone demolished thousands of mud huts and uprooted trees in several villages in eastern India, killing at least 56 people.

 

Surojit Kar Purkaystha, an inspector-general of police, says the cyclone struck Tuesday night in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal state and some areas in neighboring Bihar state. (AP) 

 

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