Death Toll At 79 In India Cyclone...10/20/99

NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Residents in eastern India searched for the dead and gathered food packets dropped from helicopters Tuesday, while officials totaled the damage inflicted by cyclone that has killed at least 79 people, according to news reports. At least 1,000 others were injured and hundreds left homeless, reports said. Ganjam district in Orissa state bore the brunt of the 125-mph winds that tore down electrical and telephone poles, disrupted train and road services and smashed huts, Indian news agencies reported. At least 71 people were killed in Ganjam and five others died in other parts of Orissa. In the town of Berhampur 33 deaths were reported. The town was marooned and awash in five feet of water, the Press Trust of India said.

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