People move through debris on a road after Cyclone Fani hit Puri, in the eastern state of Odisha, India, May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
DHAKA/BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - The strongest cyclone to hit India in five years killed at least 12 people in eastern Odisha state before swinging north-eastwards into Bangladesh on Saturday where five more people died and more than a million were moved to safety.
Tropical cyclone Fani, which made landfall early on Friday, lost some of its power and was downgraded to a 'Depression' by the India Meteorological Department on Saturday as the storm hovered over Bangladesh.
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