Update: As of Tuesday, the death toll was 25, compared to about 15,000 fatalities when Odisha hit in 1999. We prayed and God is merciful! Many of the poor and destitute have lost their shanty homes along the coast, so they need our continued prayers and support. 


NASA image of super cyclone Phailin

Nearly 400,000 people evacuated areas of northeastern India on Friday, as super cyclone Phailin headed in their direction, carrying winds up to 160 kph (100 mph).

Catastrophic winds of 260 kph (160 mph) were recorded, with wind gusts to 320 kph (200 mph) near the landfall point across northeastern India by Saturday morning.

There will be a storm surge of 4-6 meters (14-20 feet).

This makes Phailin the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane and super typhoon, reported Accuweather.

Hundreds of thousands have evacuated the states of Orissa and eastern Andhra Pradesh. Phailin had the potential to maintain Category 5 intensity until the point of landfall Saturday morning. If that happened, the impact will certainly be catastrophic.

Odisha, a Category 5 cyclone, hit India in 1999, killing 15,000.

The areas expected to be hit hardest are the cities of Visakhapatnam to Brahmapur, where about 12 million people reside.

After making landfall in northeastern India on Saturday morning, Phailin will head northwest towards central India and is expected to weaken Sunday through Monday.

Update: The US Navy weather service reported gusts at sea level of 314 kph.

Tens of thousands are at risk among those who have not evacuated. We need to pray for them, that people will pray and seek salvation, who are not already Christians, and that the Lord will bring His people through this deadly storm.

Great storms will continue, until the Lord returns, according to God’s Word,

“Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to earth with the hand” Isaiah 28:2.

Are you prepared to stand before God and give an account of the life you have lived on this earth? If not, please visit the How Can I Be Saved page of this website. Your eternal destiny depends on it and there’s no time to lose. God bless you.