A damaged pandal or a temporary platform is seen after Cyclone Phailin hit Bhubaneswar, capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha, yesterday. A mass evacuation has saved thousands of people from India’s fiercest cyclone in 14 years, but aid workers warned a million would need help after their homes and livelihoods were destroyed.

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