Cyclone Phailin may hit Odisha, AP coast on Saturday night

The deep depression over east central Bay of Bengal remained practically stationary, intensified into a cyclonic storm, PHAILIN and lay centred at 1730 hrs  on Wednesday, about 220 km north-northwest of Port Blair, 950km southeast of Paradip, and 1100 km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam, India Meteorological Department said. Phailin in Thai language means sapphire