• People run for shelter as heavy rain and wind gusts rip through the Bay of Bengal coast at Gopalpur, Odisha. Biswaranjan Rout/ AP Photo
    People run for shelter as heavy rain and wind gusts rip through the Bay of Bengal coast at Gopalpur, Odisha. Biswaranjan Rout/ AP Photo
  • A portion of a road is seen washed away at the coastal area in the state of Andhra Pradesh on October 12, 2014. EPA
    A portion of a road is seen washed away at the coastal area in the state of Andhra Pradesh on October 12, 2014. EPA
  • A man walks as strong winds blow along a beach in Gopalpur in Ganjam district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 12, 2014. Cyclone Hudhud blasted India’s eastern seaboard on Sunday uprooting trees, damaging buildings and prompted a major evacuation effort. Reuters
    A man walks as strong winds blow along a beach in Gopalpur in Ganjam district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 12, 2014. Cyclone Hudhud blasted India’s eastern seaboard on Sunday uprooting trees, damaging buildings and prompted a major evacuation effort. Reuters
  • An Indian villager uses a piece of cloth to protect himself from strong winds as he walks through the Bay of Bengal coast at Gopalpur, Odisha. Biswaranjan Rout/AP Photo
    An Indian villager uses a piece of cloth to protect himself from strong winds as he walks through the Bay of Bengal coast at Gopalpur, Odisha. Biswaranjan Rout/AP Photo
  • A man, bottom, jumps into the water to rescue a woman, centre, who fell due to strong tidal waves on the Bay of Bengal coast at Gopalpur, Odisha. Biswaranjan Rout/ AP Photo
    A man, bottom, jumps into the water to rescue a woman, centre, who fell due to strong tidal waves on the Bay of Bengal coast at Gopalpur, Odisha. Biswaranjan Rout/ AP Photo
  • The man carries the woman to safer ground after rescuing her. Reuters
    The man carries the woman to safer ground after rescuing her. Reuters
  • More than 8,000 people were killed in Odisha by a cyclone in 1999 and authorities hope to avoid a repeat of that disaster. Biswaranjan Rout/ AP Photo
    More than 8,000 people were killed in Odisha by a cyclone in 1999 and authorities hope to avoid a repeat of that disaster. Biswaranjan Rout/ AP Photo

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Cyclone Hudhud slams into east coast of India - in pictures

Jake Badger

October 12, 2014

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Cyclone Hudhud slammed into India’s east coast on Sunday with winds of almost 200 kilometres per hour, forcing mass evacuations, downing power lines and closing roads and railways.

Around 300,000 people living along the coast in the worst-hit state of Andhra Pradesh were evacuated before the storm struck. More than 100,000 others had been moved from their homes in neighbouring Odisha state by late afternoon as the storm barrelled towards them.

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