Indian media reported that at least 12 people had died across the state
, with most deaths caused by falling trees, but a mass evacuation of 1.2-million people in the 24 hours before the tropical cyclone made landfall averted a greater loss of life.
"Destruction is unimaginable... Puri is devastated,” Odisha's Special Relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi told Reuters, adding that 116 people were reported injured across the state. At least six people died in Bhubaneswar, Odisha's state capital, where fallen trees blocked roads and electricity supply was still to be fully restored.
Bhubaneswar airport suffered considerable damage, but would re-open on Saturday afternoon, India's aviation ministry said.
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