At least eight reported dead as cyclone Fani tears apart Odisha coast in India

Monstrous cyclone Fani has battered swathes of Odisha coast leaving at least eight people dead on its possible way to Bangladesh , according to the Indian media.

Senior officials confirmed the death toll and added that information were still awaited from many areas, The Times of India reported on Friday night citing state media Press Trust of India or PTI. 
 
Three people, including a teenage boy, were reported killed in Puri district, three in Bhubaneswar and nearby areas while flying debris from a concrete structure fatally struck a woman in Nayagarh, according to the report. 
 
An elderly woman died of heart attack at a relief shelter in Kendrapara district, it added citing official sources.
 
The cyclone barrelled through Odisha in the form of an extremely severe storm, triggering heavy rainfalls with sustained wind speed of up to 175kmph,
 
Towns and villages were swamped and thatched houses blown away after it made landfall around 8am in Puri.
 
It weakened into 'very severe' cyclonic storm and moved towards Bangladesh.  West Bengal, including Kolkata, and the Sundarbans are likely to be hit as well.
 
India and Bangladesh have evacuated about 1.2 million each from the possible path of the storm to avoid casualties.