The most powerful cyclone in 20 years to hit India is battering the east coast.
Cyclone Fani has killed at least two people in Odisha state - embankments and shelters have been built in the eastern state over the past decade, but Fani has been their first test against a powerful cyclone.
One and a quarter million Indians have left their homes to seek higher ground.
Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler reports from New Delhi.
