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Three killed as Cyclone Fani batters Odisha

03:15 PM May 03, 2019 | PTI |

Bhubaneswar: Three people were killed in separate incidents as cyclone Fani battered the Odisha coast Friday, officials said.

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A teenager was killed when a tree came crashing down on him at a place within Sakhigopal police station area limits in Puri district.

Flying debris from a concrete structure hit a woman inNayagarh district when she had gone to fetch water, killing her.

In Debendranarayanpur village in Kendrapara district, a 65-year-old woman died after suspected heart attack at a cyclone shelter, official information reaching here said.

Fani, an extremely severe cyclonic storm lashed theOdisha coast Friday morning, uprooting trees, blowing away thatched huts, and disrupting communication links.

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