Schools shut, tourists asked to leave as eastern India braces for cyclone

FILE - A man walks holding an umbrella during a drizzle at the Puri beach on the Bay of Bengalcoast in Odisha, India, May 24, 2021. The area was bracing for another storm, Cyclone Dana, on October 22, 2024.

Schools in some parts of India's eastern state of Odisha were ordered to shut and tourists asked to vacate the popular beach city of Puri, as authorities braced for a severe cyclonic storm that is expected to hit later this week.