Storm weakens after heavy rain, evacuation in southern India

Some of the deadliest tropical cyclones on record have occurred in the Bay of Bengal. A 1999 super cyclone killed about 10,000 people and devastated large swaths of Odisha. According to the World Meteorological Organization, due to improved forecasting and better coordinated disaster management, the death toll from Typhoon Phailin, an equally intense storm that struck in 2013, is less than 50. , according to the World Meteorological Organization.