WORLD IN BRIEF : INDIA : Cyclone Toll at 210; Aid Begins to Arrive
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Medical teams and troops began a massive relief operation as the toll from the decade’s worst cyclone rose to 210 dead and left thousands without food, water or power along India’s southern coast. The storm’s heavy rains and winds battered the Bay of Bengal coast for two days, swamping hundreds of villages, flattening thousands of homes and affecting more than 2 million people. At least 200 people died in Andhra Pradesh state, officials said, and 10 others died in neighboring Tamil Nadu state.
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