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INDIA: More than a million flee as cyclone approaches

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At least 1.1 million people on India’s eastern coast hunkered down in storm shelters ahead of a powerful cyclone set to hammer the low-lying region early Friday morning.

Cyclone Dana is likely to hit the coasts of West Bengal and Odisha states — home to around 150 million people — as a “severe cyclonic storm”, India’s weather bureau said.

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