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Quick Evacuation Efforts Help India Minimize Deaths From Cyclone
2013-10-13 05:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The powerful cyclone that struck Indias eastern coast this weekend washed away thousands of mud homes, knocked down power lines, blocked many of the regions roads and damaged crops and fishing boats. But reports from the region on Sunday showed the success of one of the biggest and most rapid evacuations in Indias history, an operation that moved more than 800,000 people to safety. Just 14 years ago, a cyclone in roughly the same place killed more than 10,000 people, and over the past century,...
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