'Many lives saved': UN, experts laud India's response to cyclone 'Fani'

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.

from Times of India http://bit.ly/2V2aGia