Updated: Cyclone Phailin Information page

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Cyclone Phailin is a massive cyclone building in the Bay of Bengal and expected to hit India’s east coast by tomorrow evening. Its severity has been guaged as 4 (on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being worst) and is expected to rise to 5 by the time it hits landfall. The cyclone is expected to affect Andhra Pradesh, Odisha (Orissa) and Madhya Pradesh. This page aims to collect all relevant information. Feel free to use the comments to add resources or request resources.

• Over 500,000 evacuated in India via NDMA as of 5:00pm on 12th October
• Over 35,000,000 in the path of Phailin
• 20+ foot storm surge expected
• Joint Typhoon Warning Center estimated current significant wave height within Phailin ~56 ft.
• All trains between Howrah and Vishakhapatanam have been cancelled as a precautionary measure. 56 trains have been canceled,16 diverted&4-5 trains partially terminated.
• All flights to Odisha have been stopped, airports have been shut down
• Doctors for Seva has two medical teams on standby in Hyderabad and Chattisgarh for Cyclone Phailin relief work.
• At its peak, Cyclone #Phailin tied both the 1999 Cyclone & 2013’s Typhoon #Usagi: Earth’s strongest storm this year. http://t.co/o20mCoUN1M via @EricHolthaus

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Helplines for Cyclone Phailin

Now there is a page with mapped helplines information

Control Room Contacts

Also Contact page for APEPDCL has details on various offices and customer service numbers.

East Coast Railway Helplines

East Coast Railway Helplines Vizag-0891-2505793, 08935-249672, Vizianagaram-08922-225510, Srikakulam-08942- 28722 Naupada-08945-249728, Rayagada-06856-6222407, Koraput-06852-251802

Shelters

List of cyclone shelters in Andhra Pradesh http://disastermanagement.ap.gov.in/website/shelters.htm

How to prepare for a cyclone

http://aamjanata.com/wp-content/uploads/cyclonephailin-131011031453-phpapp02.pdf Presentation by Archana Kulshrestha

Track Cyclone Phailin

Sources of updates closest to ground zero

• Orissa diary
• Blogger blog with updates – Cyclonic storm Phailin

Information on shelters, media, medical centers etc is at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AppW8Gi1zVHtdFFHSGViaEY5Y1NsYi1lc1NTTExxT1E&usp=drive_web#gid=0