Indian emergency personnel have been deployed and placed on standby for a huge cyclone heading towards India’s east coast.
Tropical Cyclone Fani, located in the Bay of Bengal and carrying wind speeds of 205 kilometres per hour, is expected to make landfall at Odisha on Friday.
Authorities have also ordered the evacuation of thousands of people from coastal districts likely to be affected, with the neighbouring states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu also being placed on high alert.