Nearly 1 million people were evacuated before destructive Cyclone Phailin hit India in October 2013.
The cyclone, packing winds of 155 mph with gusts of up to 190 mph, hit the Bay of Bengal. The evacuation came as an attempt to avoid mass casualities similar to a 1999 cyclone in the same area. Whereas Cyclone Odisha claimed 10,000 lives in 1999, Phailin's destructions took 27.
Despite evacuation and relief efforts, the aftermath of the Cyclone had thousands marooned by rising flood waters caused by incessant rain in the aftermath of the Cyclone.state, Orissa.