Cyclone Phailin, which made landfall with a wind speed of 200 kmph near Gopalpur town in Odisha tonight, is likely to maintain the intensity of a very severe cyclonic storm for six hours, the Met said.
The South Central Railway (SCR) has activated emergency control rooms at its headquarters in Hyderabad and Vijayawada, besides patrolling of railway tracks, among other measures, to deal with the situation.
Cyclonic storm Phailin, classified as “very severe”, has made landfall near Gopalpur on Odisha coast. The cyclone has prompted the country’s biggest evacuation in 23 years with more than eight lakh 
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