Cyclone Phailin made all the US news agencies as well, but thankfully due to aggressive evacuation by the Government of India, the damage is mostly to crops, with only a small handful of deaths.
About a million people were evacuated. That's equivalent in size to the entire population of Washington, and many suburbs.
Here in Hyderabad, we didn't see a drop of rain.
Glad you weren't washed out to sea, and impressed that there was so little loss of life from such a large storm. Looks like you've found some interesting sightseeing to do - looking forward to hearing more when you're back home.
ReplyDeleteIt's been raining plenty in Kemp Mill.
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