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