An education. Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im Morgan Radford in new york. A massive storm is bearing down on indias coast as we speak. Cyclone phailin, fez we are talking just a matter of hours before the storm strikes but is india really ready . Well, morgan, it is a little bit of a mix here. A lot of people in small fishing villages, they seem to be worried about the storm and whats going to happen. But in the outer section of the storm, a lot of people are coming to the beach as almost a picnic atmosphere, its actually a holiday today. People are telling me they are worried about the storm but if we buckle down well be perfectly fine. Weve learned theres about 10 Million People that could be affected by the path of cyclone phailin. More people than in new york state. The huge wall of water that crashed on the coastline so the most the government is doing to prepare people is moving them into shelters. We also understand that people are bussed to government shelters. But
The u. S. Budget is pushed to the brink of collapse. t biggest storm to threaten india in 14 years is headed towards the east coast of the country. Communities and entire communities and all 42 its in the region cancelled. This satellite image shows how big cyclone phailin is. Winds of 220 kilometers per hour. The assessment of u. S. Navy put wind speeds even higher. Phailin is expected to hit the coastline by evening. Many of them are low lying areas and up to a Million People are expected to have to leave their homes before arrival. This scene on the northeastern coast of india on saturday, massive swells. Emergency services are on alert. About 26,000 people have been moved to Higher Ground and residents in the most vulnerable areas have been stockpiling food and provisions. While the cyclone is bearing down on the east coast, lets hear from fais jamil. These waves are a couple of meters high and much more frequent than they usually are. This is quite literally, the calm before the s
Cuts push universities to the brink of collapse. Hello. The u. S. Forces have captured a Senior Member of the taliban. Laative mehsud. Reports in afghanistan says mehsud was in the custody of afternoon forces when he was detained. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is in kabul trying to bridge differences with the Afghan Government. Here is a rather terse announcement of the capture. United states frses captured laative mehsud, dont have further details to share with you at this time. Considered second in command of the tarik taliban. The group is responsible for many attacks including the attempted bombing of times square in new york in 2010. Mehsud is a close confident of ttp hakimula mehsud. A trusted commander in the mehsud tribe which has led the Pakistani Taliban for quite some time. Jane ferguson, what have you learned . They captured him and he is in u. S. Custody here in afghanistan. Afghan forces are telling u. S. Media outlets that yes, there was a joint operation but Afgha
The monster cyclone phailin heading state for the state of odissa. Hundreds of thousands taken to government shelters. Tourists have left beaches. Phailin is so large its the size of france. Twice the size of Hurricane Sandy and fills almost the entire bay of bengal, supercyclone one of the biggest india has ever seen. Said to expect sustained winds of 167 miles an hour and gusts of 200. Seth jamil has more from indias coast. These are the waves that people come to the beach to look at. Couple of meters high and much more frequent than they usually are. This is literally the calm before the storm, cyclone phailin. Now, the outer edge it is really to the north of here where the main part of phailin is expected to hit. There we hear hundreds of thousands have been evacuated into shelters and several units of the National Defense forum have been stationed there. This is not going to be a repeat of 1999 where thousands of people were killed. Theyre telling people to get out of the area now
Taliban commander in afghan custody. And reconnecting with ancient past. Welcome to the show. A massive and powerful storm is expected to hit indias northeast coast in a few hours from now. The cyclone is so big that it covers most of the bay of bengal. Hundreds of thousands of people have already left their homes and all flights in the region have been cancelled. Storms this big are rare. Cyclone phailin covers most of the bay of bengal, has wind speeds almost as fast as a formula 1 race car. Damage will be very severe to very severe. Especially in the low lying areas, and of the inhabitants of the shore areas. Even before it makes landfall, phailin has caused flooding and cut electricity. The gate has fallen damaging electric wires and we are facing a lot of problems to work in this condition. The electricians have been working here since last night. Flights have been cancelled affecting thousands of passengers. Stock up on food and he other supplies. Phailin is the most powerful sto