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BBC OS: Cyclone Fani hits eastern India coast

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03/05/2019 GMT

Cyclone Fani hits eastern India coast

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Cyclone Fani hits eastern India coast

It's one of the most severe storms to hit the region in recent years

Cyclone Fani has hit India's eastern coastline, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 200 km/hr. More than one million people have been evacuated from the eastern state of Orissa, also called Odisha. We hear from those affected. 

Also, we bring you messages from South Africans ahead of Caster Semenya's last 800m before the imposition of new rules limiting testosterone in female athletes. 

And we speak to the son of a woman that emerged from a "minimally conscious" state 27 years after a car crash in the United Arab Emirates. 

(Photo: A tree branch blocking a road after cyclone Fani made landfall. Credit: EPA/STR)

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