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India prepares for 'extremely severe' Bay of Bengal cyclone

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Indian authorities have evacuated hundreds of thousands of people along the country's eastern coast ahead of a cyclone moving through the Bay of Bengal.

 

Meteorologists say Cyclone Fani could bring "extremely severe" wind and rain when it hits the Indian state of Odisha on Friday.

 

Officials say Fani could be the worst storm since 1999, when a cyclone killed around 10,000 people and devastated large parts of the state.

 

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