Hurricane "File" fell on the coast of India

Hurricane "Filen" , the strongest over the past 14 years, on Saturday evening collapsed to the States of Oriss and Andhra-Pradesh located on the east coast of India, local media reported.

Wind speed - about 200 kilometers per hour. Earlier it was reported that it can be from 210 to 240 kilometers per hour. The hurricane is accompanied by heavy rains. The height of the waves can exceed 3.5 meters. Meteorologists do not expect a weakening of a whirlwind earlier than six hours after he falls on the coast.

As RIA Novosti reports, at least five people were already killed in Orisa before the arrival of the cyclone: ​​four were crushed by the trees dumped by the wind, the elderly woman died when the roof of her clay house collapsed. In 1999, about 15 thousand people died in Orisa, when a super -cyclone hit the state with a wind speed of 260 kilometers per hour. The height of the waves then reached six meters.

In total, about 12 million people live in the element zone. The authorities of the States of Oriss and Andra-Pradesh have already evacuated about 600 thousand people. The Orissa government stated that it set a goal to evacuate "100%" of the inhabitants of the coastal regions to which the elements will collapse and not to allow human sacrifices. The state authorities create centers of temporary placement of people, hundreds of rescuers and police officers are sent on the coast.

The authorities fear that the element will cause great damage not only to dwellings, but also to sowing fields, power lines and power plants.

Due to the hurricane in the coastal regions of the Orissa and Andra-Pradesh, problems with electricity arose, train flights are canceled, the airport of the capital of the Orissa of the city of Bhubaneshvar is closed. About 500 tons of humanitarian goods were taken there earlier. Port Paradip in Oriss, one of the 12 most important ports of India, also stopped working in connection with the approach of the elements.

The Air Force of India prepared about 40 aircraft and helicopters at airfields for possible rescue operations. Hundreds of military, police and employees of the National Emergency Directorate were sent to the east coast.