India: Cyclone 'Fani' rolled through Odisha, India on Friday, packing rain and windstorm that gusted up to 175 kmph, leaving at least six people dead, blowing away thatched houses, and swamping towns and villages.

The extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Fani' or the 'Hood of Snake' made landfall around 8 am in Puri, with roaring winds flattening huts, enveloping the pilgrim town in sheets of rain, and submerging homes in residential areas, reports the news18.com. 
Among those killed was a teenage boy who died after a tree collapsed on him in Puri. Flying debris from a concrete structure left a woman dead in Nayagarh.

An elderly woman died of heart attack at a relief shelter in Kendrapara district. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said over Rs 1,000 crore had been released in advance for the states affected by Cyclone Fani.