NEW DELHI: A cyclone packing winds of over 125 kilometers (80 miles) per hour and heavy rains hit eastern India early Thursday, local media reported, with over 300,000 people evacuated from low-lying areas.

Cyclone Titli, which intensified into a “very severe cyclonic storm” over the Bay of Bengal, made landfall near Gopalpur on India’s east coast, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported.

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