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Posted Mon Oct 14 2013: from Bloomberg:


	India Cyclone Ruins 15 Percent of Odisha Rice Area http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1381717259 The most powerful storm to hit India's east coast in 14 years decimated about 15 percent of Odisha state's rice planting area even as evacuation of 1 million people from the cyclone's path helped limit fatalities. At least 17 people were killed as Cyclone Phailin, Thai for "sapphire," made landfall Oct. 12 near Gopalpur in Odisha about 600 kilometers (373 miles) southwest of Kolkata. Heavy rains and winds packing up to 210 kilometers an hour lashed the region, flooding roads and uprooting trees. As much as 600,000 hectares of the state's rice area were affected, likely destroying an estimated 1 million tons of the grain, said Trilochan Mohapatra, director, Central Rice Research Institute.

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'Doc Michael says:

Great. Rice Chex will rise in price, again. Oh, and sorry, you million, for your inconvenience.