Twelve people were feared dead in a cyclone shelter swamped by a landslide caused by heavy rains in eastern India, officials said Saturday. Krishan Kumar, a spokesperson for the National Disaster Response Force, said relief officials rushed to the remote area in Gajapati district in Orissa state. The landslide hit on Friday, a day after a severe cyclone that caused heavy rains in parts of eastern India. Orissa state is prone to cyclones that develop in the Bay of Bengal. In 1999, a devastating cyclone killed more than 15,000 people.

Source: CBC News October 13, 2018 12:01 UTC