wind and rain tore through the state of odisha.an 120 miles an hour, destroying homes and businesses... ..uprooting trees, cutting roads, destroying communications. this man says it doesn't matter what preparations we made, houses and shops, everything is destroyed. but more than a million people were evacuated from the storm's path, kept safe in shelters. the numbers of deaths and injuries remain low. now, a time to assess the damage, clear and rebuild. workers start by unblocking the roads. an officer coordinating efforts says his teams are responding to reports wherever they come from. cyclone fani has decreased in strength and moved north. prompt action did save lives, but still it leaves mile after mile of low—lying areas flooded, crops, villages, livelihoods destroyed. angus crawford, bbc news. in a moment, we'lljoin viewers on bbc one for a round—up of the day's news. but first, rail passengers are being warned to expect disruption to theirjourneys this weekend — as bank holiday engineering work gets under way. one of the uk

into service to get people out of the storm's way is expected to cost significant destruction in odisha and west bengal when it makes landfall the cyc known as a worst storm to hit the region in decades kyra gleg reports. these families aren't taking any chances they are leaving their towns and villages as cycloid funny approaches india's east coast odisha state has deployed teams of emergency workers to set up shelters in schools and government buildings trying to record the pregnant women. in the world. because more. or less in the human. habitation. i mean the people there i don't think for all the millions of things they need in the rehabilitation center at the railway station in the town of putting tourists are queuing to leave extra trains and buses are running to take them somewhere safer. when a previous cycle hit back then we stayed in the hotel we would get to steve this time with the government wouldn't let us the hotel loos also wanted us to leave being forced to go. because this is a unicycle funny move towards a low lying bangladesh threatening hundreds of thousands of ref

across 10,000 villages in odisha, there are scenes like this. there used to be life here.ndia, it is always the poor who suffer the most. this "basti", or slum, has been completely destroyed by the cyclone. they fled from here for their lives, and when they returned there was nothing left. they're now worried about their future. they say nobody is helping them. wherever the cyclone struck, it left a trail of destruction. buildings damaged and thousands of trees uprooted. more than 2.5 million people are without electricity. the physical infrastructure damage has been enormous, so it will be a big challenge for the administration, the physical infrastructure damage has been enormous, so it will be a big challenge for the administration, and we are on the job. a lot of damage has taken place, people have been injured. some casualties have been reported. the authorities here are working on a war footing, but with many areas still inaccessible, they are struggling to assess the damage caused by one of india's most powerful cyclones. rahultandon, bbc news, puri. let's get some

at least at eight people have been killed in odisha and more than a million people have been moved fromheir homes. winds of up to 200 kilometres an hour have brought down power lines and severely damaged buildings. rahul tandon is there in the town of puri and sent this report. such was the fury of one of india's most powerful storms in recent times. glass smashes. shouting. cyclone fani hit the eastern state of adisha with torrential rain and devastating winds of more than 125 mph. it made landfall at eight in the morning in the tourist town of puri. anticipating its impact, the authorities had evacuated hundreds of thousands of people. in the state capital, bhubaneswar, this crane was brought crashing down. one of india's poorest states now has a huge clean—up operation on its hands. and that's not going to be easy where many parts of it are cut off from each other. this is why a million people were moved into temporary shelters. most of them are now safe, but the question they're asking is what has happened to their homes and what impact will this have on their lives? many villages a

the cyclone we know made landfall at about 230 gmt on the south coast of odisha, about eight o'clocknd it's travelling to the north—east and is about to cross over the state boundary into west bengal and is probably going to get really close to kolkata. the winds are still strong, it's been overland for16 are still strong, it's been overland for 16 hours but the winds are still gusting about 150 kilometres an hour and it's been able to maintain some of its strength. it's still been able to feed off the warm waters of the bay of gaul. the winds are just half the story, the other is the torrential rain. you can keep up—to—date with the progress of cyclone fani on our website, the damage and the latest weather charts. let's get some of the day's other news. the world health organization says more than a thousand people have now died from the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of the congo. violence in the region is making it hard to control the spread of the disease. a number of rebel groups are active in eastern congo and there is deep mistrust of health workers. the bangladesh

forecasters tracked fani's progress as the eye of the cyclone approached odisha state., 200—300 millimetres on this, and ahead of the storm, we will get a storm surge working in across parts of odisha, west bengal and even into parts of bangladesh. that poses the threat of some significant flooding as well. officials have been using these forecasts to help them plan operations. thousands of relief workers have been deployed and the government has set up a relief and rescue fund worth over $150 million in anticipation. but those officials are warning that many homes and infrastructure caught in the cyclone's path are likely to be completely destroyed. ramzan karmali, bbc news. our correspondent rahul tandon is in bhubaneswar, the capital of odisha, which is right in the path of the storm. i'm afraid we cannot hear from i'm afraid we cannot hearfrom him at the moment so we will bring you that a bit later. new research has found that people receiving effective treatment for hiv can't pass on the virus to their sexual partners. a study, published in the lancet medicaljourna

the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the storm left chaos behind it which is expected to weaken over the coming hours or thirty so still warning people to be careful along the coastline. just the people not to go inside the t.v. screen you don't night because if you do now you're high sensitive so you just answer the police and you see a sign on the n.b.a. out of people that are creating the all the local people and the viewers not to go inside the c.v.s. and that is dangerous for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off and once the storm has died down people in addition will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. so india is in the thick of the storm right now but evacuations are already underway in neighboring bangladesh where the storm is expected to hit next heavy rain and strong winds have already started battering the country officials have started moving some five hundred thousand people from the coast but they may meet resistance a little earlier we spoke to one human

the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the storm left chaos behind it and although it is expected to weaken over the coming hours most ortiz is still warning people to be careful along the coastline. just don't get people not to be a serious study done right because if you do now you're high sensitive so you are just on to the police and you see a sign on there the n.b.a. out of reading the all the local people and the viewers not to go inside the c.v.s. go to that and that is it dangerous for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off but once the storm has died down people in addition will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. e.w. news coming up next a show of force from north living in the digital age will be more news from the derby at the top of the hour thanks for joining us. for. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and a few newspapers with official information as a journalist i hav

deploying a massive emergency response india's task now is to clear away the trail of debris left across odisha state. our teams are going everywhere we're getting reports from and helping to clear these places we've been working since morning since the cyclon calmed down. some here remember the supercycle and that struck the same area in one thousand nine hundred nine killing some ten thousand people since then india has vastly increased spending on preparedness investing in evacuation plans and meteorological technology to predict cyclons paths. over a dozen deaths have been reported but the vast majority of the region's residents are safe still for evacuees life has come to a standstill. that they come in. my house has been partially damaged we were here last night in the shelter the administration asked us to move here until the cycling is over and if he goes away there are two hundred of us here and we are all hungry i want to go but safety is the most important thing so by the way . the storm has been downgraded to a deep depression as it moves northward over bangladesh. meteorologists sa

the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the storm left chaos behind it and although it is expected to weaken over the coming hours or storage he's still warning people to be careful along the coastline. just don't get people not to go inside be a serious going to do that because if you do now your high sensitive so you are just on to the police and you see a sign on that day and be out if they were prevailing go all the local people and the viewers not to go inside the c.v.s. go to that and that is it dangerous for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off but once the storm has died down people in addition will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. gys fall is covering this story for us from delhi i asked her about those rescue efforts creations have had a positive impact on the comes to the cost of human lives but infrastructure has been damaged heavily all across the state to what a shock and now the cycling is moving into the state of west bengal the cost of us have been heav

the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the storm left chaos behind it which is expected to weaken over the coming hours with ortiz is still warning people to be careful along the coastline. just don't prevent the people not to go inside the c.v.s. going to do that because if you do now you're high sensitive so just on to the police that you see a sun on there the. remaining go all the local people and the viewers not to go inside the c.v.s. study done and that is dangerous for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off but once the storm has died down people in addition will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. is covering the story for us from delhi we just heard in the piece that evacuations have largely paid off but clearly evacuations alone couldn't prevent other problems could you tell us more about that . well of course iraq creations have had a positive impact on that comes to the cost of human lives bought into our structure has been damaged heavily all across the state

the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the storm left chaos behind it there which is expected to weaken over the coming hours more storage he says still warning people to be careful along the coastline. just let the people not to avoid sad b.c. visconti done that because if you do now you high sensitive so you are just on to the police and you see a sign on to the n.b.a. out of the remaining go all the local people and the viewers not to go inside the c.v.s. go to that and that is it dangerous for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off but once the storm has died down people in addition will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. let's go straight to delhi were to a danger because bonded in the mission will welcome the mission what's the situation now. well for the cycle and made landfall at eight am and for six hours after that local time up until two pm the conditions were severe wind speeds will be very high and the sea conditions could also considered extremely dangerous s

the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the storm left chaos behind it and although it is expected to weaken over the coming hour was still warning people to be careful along the coastline. just the people not to avoid the a.c.v. study done right because if you do know your high sensitive so you just answer the police. at the end be at it. all the local people and the viewers not to go inside the c.v.s. go to that and that is it dangerous for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off but once the storm has died down people in addition will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. german authorities have shut down the second largest criminal trading platform on the so-called dark net the wall street markets delta narcotics and stolen data and the three suspected masterminds have been arrested it's a huge success for germany cybercops the web second largest illegal trafficking platform is no more three germans who allegedly operated the portal where arrested more than a week ago almos

at the moment, it is coming up to the coastline of odisha chemist it will make landfall there in theve hours or so. it had been going ina five hours or so. it had been going in a northerly direction but just started to turn north— northeast. the i is actuallyjust gotten a bit bigger over recent hours. that is a side of the storm undergoing one of these i0n cycles where the winfield gets larger. the area affected by strong winds could be a little bit larger. you can see that turn as the storm is networking into the northeast so will make landfall around odisha. it is a storm of both —— multiple hat —— hazard. wind gust to get 200 kph and two to three inch of rain and then there is a storm surge where the north of the i you will get a big push of the ocean waters and will push inland and cause coastal inundation. if that is not been enough to be could coincide with high sides. that is dangerous when you look at what is further up that coasted you see mainly —— and very low—lying areas there. that coasted you see mainly —— and very low-lying areas there. that is right. the i of the stor

indian city of poori with winds a coven into a category four hurricane as a strong as song to hit the odisha and west in twenty years over a million people were evacuated ahead of the storm's arrival jati qur'an is a journalist based in a day shiny assamese it's where i'm sitting for fifty kilometers away from here that will be. really the. hundred. very difficult to go out you can see the wind it's very dangerous out there so you can imagine how bad the situation must have been but it made the landfall and the destruction is still happening. where it is more than two hundred kilometers per hour in mozambique towns and villages flattened by cyclon kenneth are dealing with an outbreak of cholera officials have recorded multiple cases of the disease in some of the worst affected areas psycho and kenneth is a second major storm to hit the region in just six weeks and has already killed more than forty people in afghanistan the final day of a rag run assembly known as a lawyer is taking place in kabul thousands of regional leaders have been meeting to discuss peace for their country they'll make

the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the storm left chaos behind it which is expected to weaken over the coming hours storage he says still warning people to be careful along the coastline. we had just the people not to go inside the a.c.v. scotty does that because if you do now you're high sensitive so you have just come to the police and you see a sun on there the envy out of people that are creating the all the local people and the viewers not to. be. and that is dangerous for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off but once the storm has died down people in and to show you have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. let's get a round about some other stories making headlines around the world results from britain's local council elections show a dramatic fall in support for teresa mayes governing conservative party with almost all seats declared the conservatives have lost more than one thousand three hundred the main opposition labor party has lost eighty one commentator say t

taking any chances believing their towns and villages as cycling funny approaches india's east coast odisha state has deployed teams of emergency workers to set up shelters in schools and government buildings we have professed playing to the pregnant women on the. particularly the ward to put on people and that's the whole system because the more. just playing to lessen the human casualties so that we can have addition particular in the. office of people that i don't think for all the mill you know what i would have things the nude in the to have provisions and at the railway station in the town of pretty tourists queuing to leave it. extra trains and buses are running to take them somewhere safer. when a previous cycle hit back then we stayed in the hotel we would get to steve this time with the government and the hotel owners also want to just leave being forced to go. to war with bangladesh threatening hundreds of thousands of refugees from me in ma who are living in camps . but first the sightlines expected to strike india's east coast putting hundreds of thousands in harm's way. people

cycling funny hits on friday at least twelve people were killed after the extreme storm battered odisha states. or. a trail of destruction along india's eastern coast. with winds around two hundred kilometers per hour cycling phony ripped apart homes in addition state. toppled power lines and left uprooted trees covering the streets a block i made on board because i was really afraid when the storm hit us we were lucky that we were all downstairs if my children were up stairs they wouldn't have survived all our belongings our money everything is gone. the storm has weakened since making landfall on friday the extent of the flooding in the city of puri is clear to see with damaged crops and infrastructure india's navy air force and disaster response teams are in standby. but there are teams go to each and every site we get reports from we've been working since morning our teams have been out there since the cycle and calm down. despite the destruction and the number of people killed the indian government says the situation in addition could have been worse. about one million people were

taking any chances leaving their towns and villages as cycling funny approaches india's east coast odisha state has deployed teams. imagine sea wreckers to set up shelters in schools and government buildings just trying to record the pregnant woman. in the world. because. people don't think for all the millions of things they need in the habitations and at the railway station in the town of putting tourists are queuing to leave extra trains and buses are running to take them somewhere safer. if you were in hungary when a previous cycle hit back then we stayed in the hotel we wanted to stay this time but the government wouldn't let us the hotel owners also want to just leave being forced to go. biking funny these two with a low lying bangladesh threatening hundreds of thousands of refugees from me in ma who are living in camps. but first the sightlines expected to strike in the east coast putting hundreds of thousands in harm's way. al-jazeera. you know nations has condemned what it calls the worst barrel bomb attacks in northwest syria for fifteen months government helicopters and warplan

india's disaster management teams at least twelve people were killed after the extreme storm battered odisha state. in france antigovernment protesters of march for the twenty fifth straight week but turnout was down thousands of yellow vests demonstrators gathered in paris and other cities on saturday earlier in the week there was violence as tens of thousands took to the streets on may day. the news continues here after twenty eight south africa stay with us. i guess. that's what. we're talking about or whatever place is to. come in it what it really. does right people call it i don't want. to. get. first film when he was seven he was one of a group of children from all over south africa it was nine hundred ninety two and they had very little in common black white rich and poor some lived in townships some in white suburbs officially segregated by a party. it was only two years since mandela's release from prison and the racist policies of the past were just beginning to crumble. then we have followed their lives filming them every seven years. in one thousand nine hundred four. mandela be

more than one point two million people have been evacuated from low lying areas across the state of odisha state capitals airports schools and colleges have been closed. the president of afghanistan has accepted several recommendations for peace talks with the taliban on the final day of the loya jirga assembly of regional elders danny approves seeking an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of u.s. troops those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera is twenty twentieth's up south africa. thank you. that's what. we're told people. that want to. interview. people when they get a call eight. system. we first filmed seppo when he was seven he was one of a group of children from all over south africa it was nine hundred ninety two and they had very little in common black white rich and poor some lived in townships some in white suburbs officially segregated by a party. which is only two years since mandela's release from prison and the racist policies of the past were just beginning to crumble. and since then we have followed their lives filming them every seven years. in one thousan

country with winds of up to one hundred eighty kilometers per hour cycling fani striking the coast of odisha stated about eight am local time close the seaside resort town of perri local police have confirmed that two people have died although forecasters say. cyc loan has now started to weaken authorities evacuated more than a million people in coastal areas ahead of all these arrival fearing storm surges could endanger lives. let's go straight to to be sure jarvis walsh is covering the story for us from our delhi bureau good day to you can you give us the latest on the cycling well as you mentioned the cycle needs landfall at eight am local time and the impact is expected to last at least six hours there will be strong winds as well as a danger to see conditions in which the central authorities have put out warnings about and the cycle is moving in and not northeast to a direction now as a tall grasses it's expected to weaken and it's heading to was another indian steve the state of west bengal all the landfall happened on the southern coast of the state of what they saw and really when sh

and winds of around two hundred kilometers per hour have devastated odisha state cycling phony ripped apart homes toppled power lines and left up to the trees on the streets. welcoming to one quarter i was really afraid when the storm hit us we were lucky that we were all downstairs if my children were up stairs they wouldn't have survived all our belongings our money everything is gone. the storm has weakened to since making landfall on friday but now neighboring bangladesh is bracing itself nearly two million people have been moved to shelters. we have ninety nine cycle shelters in this area each one can accommodate about five hundred people which means we can give shelter to me about fifty thousand people the government is doing everything it can to help. the extent of the flooding in the city of puri is clear with damage crops and infrastructure india's navy air force and disaster response teams are on standby. but there are teams go to each and every site we get reports from we've been working since morning our teams have been out there since the cycle and calm down. despite the

the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the storm left chaos behind it which is expected to weaken over the coming hours still warning people to be careful along the coastline. just meant that people are not to avoid inside the c.v.s. going to do that because if you do now you're high sensitive so you are just on to the police that you see a sign on there the people that are preventing the all the local people and the viewers not to go inside the cv study done and that is just for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off but once the storm has died down people in addition will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. let's bring in now our correspondent nations as well who is covering all of this for us from our delhi bureau so mr just walk us through what is happening right now. those are the storm hit at eight am on the southern coast of the state of what a shop bought it was predicted to walk out in on that high wind speeds and danger the sea conditions for six hours those six h

trees and power lines more than a million locals were evacuated from the eastern indian state of odisha and over four thousand emergency shelters have been set up to cope with the displaced people . facebook has been prominent conservative anti establishment figures from its platform citing policy against dangerous individuals and organizations the ban also applies to facebook and instagram the people on the list include alex jones and his info wars page along with former breitbart news editor while you're not bliss political activist laura lunar and you tube or paul just said watson their content allegedly violates facebook's new regulations. now facebook has stressed it's always been individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate regardless of ideology but some of those banned by the social media giant claim the moves purely political. i was given no reason whatsoever for being banned by facebook or instagram this is punishment this is a political purge this has nothing to do with hate all violating terms of service yesterday not to call about how i was leavi

wind speeds of up to one hundred eighty kilometers per hour now cycle unfunny struck the coast of odisha state at about eight am local time that's close to the seaside resort of prairie the cycling has operated trees just toppled utility poles but as yet there are no reports of any casualties authorities have evacuated over a million people in coastal areas ahead of families arrival felix fearing that. storm surges could endanger lives. let's get the very latest now from the me joyce wall who's covering this for us from d.d. abuse delhi bureau good morning to you can you give us the latest on the storm's location well the storm made landfall at about eight am local time which was three and a half hours ago it is expected to have an impact over a period of six are so it's hitting the southern coast of the state of florida shock and it's moving in the north northeast and direction so basically it's expected to travel sure to suck up to what's best for all and it would reach vesting dollars of the state to the east of the country to morrow morning and then proceed on to bangladesh but it is

city of poori with winds equivalent to a category four hurricane is the strongest storm to hit the odisha and west regions in twenty years over a million people were evacuated ahead of the storm's arrival. the final day of a reg grand assembly known as a lawyer is taking place right now in afghanistan's capital kabul thousands of regional leaders have been meeting to discuss peace for their country they make recommendations to president ghani on negotiating with the taliban a defiant nicolas maduro has address a gathering of thousands of soldiers in venezuela's capital caracas saying we are in combat the president forces to fight those he called traitors frattini against him at the same time one of the main opposition figures says he thinks the military will act against my door. from the safety of the gates of the spanish ambassador's official residence in caracas after venezuela's top court ordered his arrest vietnamese woman jailed over the murder of the north korean leader's half brother has been freed from prison to one team hong was one of two women put on trial for the poisoning of

taking any chances believing their towns and villages as cycler funny approaches india's east coast odisha state has deployed teams of emergency workers to set up shelters in schools and government buildings we have one of us trying to record the pregnant. with the world people and people and that's the whole system because they're. just trying to lessen the human casualties so that we can. just as in for i mean obviously people there i don't think for all the millions or whatever of things they need in the habitations and at the railway station in the town of putting tourists are queuing to leave extra trains and buses are running to take them somewhere safer. we were in hungary where the previous cycle hit back then we stayed in the hotel we wanted to stay this time with the government wouldn't let us the hotel owners also want to just leave school being forced to go. funny these two with a low lying bangladesh threatening hundreds of thousands of refugees from me in ma who are living in camps. but first the sightlines expected to strike in the east coast putting hundreds of thousands in

cyclone fani is bearing down on one of india's biggest cities, kolkata, after hitting the state of odishahe worst in the region for years — has weakened as it heads towards bangladesh. at least eight people have died. richard forrest reports. is cyclone fani bowed up india's east coast, towns and cities further north were preparing for a ticket. in west bengal, trains were chained to the tracks as the state's rail network was closed down, causing travel misery for thousands. and at calcutta's airport, everyone hoping to travel was out of luck with every flight to travel was out of luck with every flight cancelled. our flight has been cancelled so we have to stay here with two children. been cancelled so we have to stay here with two childrenlj been cancelled so we have to stay here with two children. i need to go to delhi and start my preparations for my exams but i'm not able to catch flights today and even i'm not able to book flights for tomorrow, day after tomorrow and three or four days ahead. fani, one of the biggest storms to come out of the bay of bengal in the past decade, made la

up to 12 people were killed when cyclone fani made landfall near the city of puri in odisha yesterdays the strongest to hit india in 20 years. 0ur correspondent rahul tandon has been to one of the worst hit areas. driving towards the areas hardest hit by the cyclone. along the way, the destruction is all too visible. these people are amongst the hundreds of thousands who were moved to safety in puri. they came to the shelters with whatever they could carry. many are still traumatised. translation: he has been sick. my wife is worried. she is constantly crying. there is no medical help here. we are suffering a lot. next to the shelter is one of the areas worst affected by cyclone fani. this woman returned to her home for the first time this morning. translation: this used to be our bedroom. the roof has blown away. all the houses in the slum here have been damaged. across 10,000 villages in 0disha, there are scenes like this. there used to be life here. now there is just despair. in india, it is always the poor who suffer the most. this "basti", or slum, has been completely destroyed b

the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the storm left behind it there is expected to weaken over the coming was still warning people to be careful along the coastline. just don't prevent the people not to go inside the serious study done right because if you do know your high since you do so just answer the police that you see a son to be out of the will that if you go all the local people and the viewers not to go inside the c.v.s. go to that and that is very generous for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off but once the storm has died down people in addition will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. let's go to round up now some other stories making headlines around the world spain is refusing to hand over venezuelan opposition politician leopoldo lopez despite a warrant to detain him lopez has taken refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas after escaping house arrest in two thousand and fourteen he led the first major movement against president. turkey's coast guard say

winds of around two hundred kilometers per hour have devastated odisha state cycling phony ripped apart homes toppled power lines and left up to the trees on the streets. walkway to one quarter i was really afraid when the storm hit us we were lucky that we were all downstairs if my children were up stairs they wouldn't have survived all our belongings our money everything is gone. the storm has weakened since making landfall on friday but now neighboring bangladesh is bracing itself nearly two million people have been moved to shelters. we have ninety nine cyclon shelters in this area each one can accommodate about five hundred people which means we can give shelter to about fifty thousand people the government is doing everything it can to help. the extent of the flooding in the city of puri is clear with damage crops and infrastructure india's navy air force and disaster response teams are on standby. but there are teams go to each and every site we get reports from we've been working since morning hour. teams have been out there since the cycle and calm down. despite the destruction

the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in bhubaneswar odisha state capital the streets were deserted the storm left behind it will though it is expected to weaken over the coming hours still warning people to be careful along the coastline. just don't prevent the people not to go inside the t.v. study done because if you do know your high sensitive so you are just on to the police and use your son to be and be out of people that are preventing the all the local people and the viewers not to go inside the c.v.s. go to that and that is just for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off but once the storm has died down people in addition will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. while cycling sign is heading towards the city of calcutta were campaigning in the general election has been put on hold the country is just over halfway through this six week voting schedule in the world's biggest parliamentary election the numbers are staggering nearly nine hundred million indians are eligible to vote it's a huge logistical operation that's why the

function health facilities just over a week later another site clone slammed into the indian state of odisha cycle and finally the worst storm to hit in twenty years killed nearly fifty people across the state and in neighboring bangladesh though early warning systems helped millions to evacuate developing nations bear the brunt of global warming climate activists say despite contributing the least to climate change and the frequency of these disasters and complicate relief efforts with us to talk about this in new delhi india the vendor a sitting duck is the head of communications for the charity save the children in mozambique attended is a journalist who's been reporting of the storms. as the head of program policy at partnership for action. and in nairobi kenya abu bakar back because it is a meteorologist for the intergovernmental authority on developments climate protection and application center or so known as a pack hello everybody it's good to have you here with us tendai it is tropical cyclone season for most and be for southern africa what is different this year from previous years

chances are they leaving their towns and villages as cycloid funny approaches india's east coast odisha state has deployed teams of emergency workers to set up shelters in schools and government buildings. particularly the world. because the. people there i don't think for all the millions of things they need in the rehab additions and at the railway station in the town of pretty tourists are queuing to leave extra trains and buses are running to take them somewhere safe our. previous cycle hit back then we stayed in the hotel we wanted to stay this time but the government wouldn't let us the hotel owners also wanted just to leave surely being forced to go. forecasters are warning likely funny the move towards low lying bangladesh threatening hundreds of thousands of refugees from me in ma who are living in camps. but first the sightlines expected to strike india's east coast putting hundreds of thousands in harm's way. al-jazeera. big towns and villages in kellen far dealing with an outbreak of cholera officials have recorded four cases of the disease in some of the worst affected area