Around 10,000 villages, 52 towns in Odisha to be hit by cyclone 'Fani'

An estimated 10,000 villages and 52 towns in Odisha will be hit by the 'extremely severe' cyclonic storm 'Fani', which is approaching India's eastern coast and is expected to make landfall south of Puri on Friday, the home ministry said. A total of 11.5 lakh people in Odisha are being moved to safer areas. Of them about 3.3 lakh people have already been shifted.

from Times of India http://bit.ly/2VaNBP3