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Cyclone Phailin: 800,000 people homeless in Odisha, AP

Gopalpur/Srikakulam: Darkness enveloped wide swathes of the coastal districts of Odisha, especially Ganjam, whose Gopalpur-on-sea was the entry point for the storm uprooting trees and electric poles, even as nearly 800,000 people in coastal Andhra

India TV News Desk Updated on: October 13, 2013 8:31 IST



Heavy to very heavy rainfall were also widespread in the districts of Gajapati, Khurda, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Bhadrak and Kendrapara in coastal region besides state capital Bhubaneshwar.

However, the extent of damage wreaked by the cyclone was not immediately available.

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