Praise for India's response to devastating cyclone

UN and other experts on Saturday praised India for its early warning systems and rapid evacuation of more than 1 million people, which they said helped minimise loss of life from a deadly cyclone that battered its eastern coast. Improved forecasting models, public awareness campaigns and well-drilled evacuation plans - backed up by an army of responders and volunteers - has seen Odisha's inhabitants spared the worst of Fani's fury.

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