THE EYE OF A STORM

The Evil Eye as seen by satellites.

• The weather office says that Cyclone Phailin is not a “Super Cyclone” like the one that hit India’s southeastern coast in November 1999 and killed as many as 15,000 people.

  Most affected states: Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
  
  Total population of Orissa: 41,947,358

  Total population of Andhra Pradesh: 84,665,533

  Number of shelter homes in Orissa: 1,000

  Number of people evacuated in Orissa: 435,000

  The time of landfall: 9 p.m. Indian time (12.10.13)

  Current wind speed: 210 kilometers to 220 kilometers an hour (around 130 to 138 miles an hour)

  
  

  

• Ahmad Masood/Reuters

  Children slept on the floor of a wedding hall after leaving their house to take shelter from Cyclone Phailin in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.