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Odisha breathed easier on Sunday as Cyclone Hudhud made its landfall near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh without causing much damage in the state. However, heavy rain and squalls in southern parts of the state

Mock drills for evacuation conducted in 32 shelters : People, who were affected by cylone Phailin last year, in coastal regions of Ganjam district of Odisha are preparing to face Hudhud.

Experiences during the Phailin cyclone of 2013 has become the foundation for preparations of Ganjam district administration to face the Hudhud cyclone, which is expected to hit coast between Gopalpur and Visakhapatnam on Oct 12.

Despite the district administration’s notice to stop work, construction work of a prawn hatchery is continuing at the nesting site of Olive ridleys at Rushikulya rookery coast in the Ganjam district of Odisha.

Sixteen districts in Odisha have been put on high alert, by the Odisha government, in view of the formation of a depression over the north Andaman Sea, which could well turn into a cyclonic storm in the next 72 hours.

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