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India hammered as Cyclone Phailin races inland

A powerful cyclone has hammered eastern India overnight, bringing down power lines, ripping up trees and sending seawater surging inland.

Almost half a million people have been evacuated from the path of Cyclone Phailin in Orissa state and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.

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