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Tropical Cyclone Fani made landfall near the city of Puri, India, early Friday morning as a fierce Category 4 storm. Reuters reports "extensive" damage in the city. Media reports indicate about 1 million people evacuated coastal areas of Odisha state before the cyclone hit.

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"Extensive" damage has already been reported.

Satellite image of Cyclone Fani making landfall near Puri, India

Satelllite image showing Tropical Cyclone Fani moving inland northeast of Puri, India, on Friday. Image: NOAA/U-Wisc

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<p><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Tropical Cyclone Fani" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/cyclone-fani-india-mass-evacuations-fdc83ac1-d421-49b6-88b1-796fedfa4d43.html" data-vars-content-id="cc83a3ee-8555-4e82-8e62-45f758bc12c6" data-vars-headline="Videos: Cyclone Fani makes landfall in India as a Category 4 storm" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/cyclone-fani-india-mass-evacuations-fdc83ac1-d421-49b6-88b1-796fedfa4d43.html" target="_self">Tropical Cyclone Fani</a> made landfall near the city of Puri, India, early Friday morning as a fierce Category 4 storm. <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Reuters reports &quot;extensive&quot; damage" data-vars-click-url="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cyclone/cyclone-slams-indian-temple-town-after-a-million-people-flee-east-coast-homes-idUSKCN1S905P?il=0" data-vars-content-id="cc83a3ee-8555-4e82-8e62-45f758bc12c6" data-vars-headline="Videos: Cyclone Fani makes landfall in India as a Category 4 storm" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cyclone/cyclone-slams-indian-temple-town-after-a-million-people-flee-east-coast-homes-idUSKCN1S905P?il=0" target="_blank">Reuters reports &quot;extensive&quot; damage</a> in the city. Media reports indicate about 1 million people evacuated coastal areas of Odisha state before the cyclone hit.</p>

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