Updated: October 13, 2013, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Cyclone Phailin forces hundreds of thousands to flee homes
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
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
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
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
Indian people watch high tide waves as they stand at the Bay of Bengal coast in Vishakhapatnam, India,. AP Photo