Powerful cyclone threatens India

Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from parts of the country’s eastern coast ahead of the arrival today of Cyclone Fani.

The India Meteorological Department said the storm would land with sustained winds of more than 100 miles per hour and gusts of up to 120 m.p.h. More than 100 million people are potentially in the cyclone’s path.

The details: As much as eight inches of rain is forecast to fall on the states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. The storm is expected to continue north, hitting Bangladesh and Bhutan, as well as parts of the Indian states of West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya. Check our live cyclone tracking map for the latest.