• A man tries to cover himself with an umbrella during heavy rain brought by Cyclone Phailin as he moves towards a safer place at the village Donkuru in Srikakulam district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
    A man tries to cover himself with an umbrella during heavy rain brought by Cyclone Phailin as he moves towards a safer place at the village Donkuru in Srikakulam district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
  • Fishermen tie their boat along the shore before leaving for a safer place at Donkuru village in Srikakulam district. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
    Fishermen tie their boat along the shore before leaving for a safer place at Donkuru village in Srikakulam district. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
  • Evacuated Indian villagers eat food in a temporary cyclone shelter in Chatrapur. AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout
    Evacuated Indian villagers eat food in a temporary cyclone shelter in Chatrapur. AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout
  • Waves crash onto the shore at a fishing harbour in Visakhapatnam district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Reuters/R Narendra
    Waves crash onto the shore at a fishing harbour in Visakhapatnam district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Reuters/R Narendra
  • Villagers take refuge in a cyclone shelter at Gokhorkuda village. AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout
    Villagers take refuge in a cyclone shelter at Gokhorkuda village. AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout
  • An Indian man salvages a table stuck in uprooted trees fallen during Cyclone Phailin on a road in Berhampur, India. AP Photo/Bikas Das
    An Indian man salvages a table stuck in uprooted trees fallen during Cyclone Phailin on a road in Berhampur, India. AP Photo/Bikas Das
  • A boy tries to cover himself with an umbrella during heavy rain brought by Cyclone Phailin in Ichapuram town in Srikakulam district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
    A boy tries to cover himself with an umbrella during heavy rain brought by Cyclone Phailin in Ichapuram town in Srikakulam district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
  • An Indian municipal workers cuts an uprooted tree from Cyclone Phailin to clear a main highway in Berhampur, India.AP Photo/Bikas Das
    An Indian municipal workers cuts an uprooted tree from Cyclone Phailin to clear a main highway in Berhampur, India.AP Photo/Bikas Das
  • Indian people watch high tide waves as they stand at the Bay of Bengal coast in Vishakhapatnam, India,. AP Photo
    Indian people watch high tide waves as they stand at the Bay of Bengal coast in Vishakhapatnam, India,. AP Photo

In pictures: Cyclone Phailin forces hundreds of thousands to flee homes


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