Bhubaneswar: Cyclone Phailin kept its stormy date with the Odisha coast, striking just off Gopalpur around 9.15 pm on Saturday with winds raging at 200km an hour whipping up a storm surge of an over 3 metres and inundating areas up to half a kilometre inland.<br /><br />Thousands of people braced for a fateful night as gale force winds swept Odisha from Gopalpur up to Paradip and northern Andhra Pradesh too faced high speed storms, torrential rain and surging waters.<br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit : http://www.newsx.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at : http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline<br />Subscribe to our YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive