Cyclone Phailin Bears Down on India
- By VOA News
![Boys sleep on the floor of a wedding hall after leaving their house to take shelter from Cyclone Phailin, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, Oct. 12, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/F0838148-6451-43D2-A0D4-5C1A9842DC28_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Boys sleep on the floor of a wedding hall after leaving their house to take shelter from Cyclone Phailin, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, Oct. 12, 2013.
![A man covers himself with a plastic sheet during heavy rain brought by Cyclone Phailin in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Oct. 12, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/596CAF3B-FC41-42EE-9D33-A01B2597904D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man covers himself with a plastic sheet during heavy rain brought by Cyclone Phailin in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Oct. 12, 2013.
![Men try to remove fallen trees from a road due to the rain and wind in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, Oct. 12, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/915ECE55-D62F-4456-9FCF-BE0E0C993A5E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Men try to remove fallen trees from a road due to the rain and wind in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, Oct. 12, 2013.
![A man covers himself with a plastic sheet near Gopalpur junction in Ganjam district, about 200 kilometers from the eastern Indian city Bhubaneswar, Oct. 12, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5239E9AA-68C2-4421-9DC0-E9EB011E2725_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man covers himself with a plastic sheet near Gopalpur junction in Ganjam district, about 200 kilometers from the eastern Indian city Bhubaneswar, Oct. 12, 2013.