BBC News with David Austin A powerful cyclone has hit the east coast of India forcing half a million people to flee their homes. Cyclone Phailin is buffeting Orissa state with winds of up to 200km/h. _________________ Our correspondent Sanjoy Majumder is in the region, he described the intensity of the storm. We stepped out for a brief moment and we could barely stand up in our feet we have to come back right in. And it's been accompanied with very, very heavy rain. In the distance we frequently hear sounds of bangs of things coming down, of windows being smashed and already we are getting reports of power lines which are coming down of trees that have been brought down, of houses with their roofs blown off. 戴维德`奥斯丁为您播报的BBC新闻 飓风袭击印度东海岸,迫使近50万人逃离家园.飓风斐林以200公里时速肆虐奥里萨邦,__________________我们的记者桑乔`马祖德正在该地区进行访问,他描述了飓风的威力. 我们在户外只呆了一小会儿,在风中几乎无法立足只能马上退回屋内.强风伴随着暴雨,不远处经常可以听到重物落下和窗户破碎的声音.我们得到树木被吹倒,电线下落,许多房屋的屋顶也已被吹飞的消息.
