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WORLD NEWS Friday 3 May 2019

India prepares for 'extremely severe' Bay of Bengal cyclone

Associated Press devastated large parts of
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hun- Odisha, Indian officials put
dreds of thousands of the navy, air force, army
people were evacuated and coast guard on high
along India's eastern coast alert, the Press Trust of India
on Thursday as authori- news agency reported.
ties braced for a cyclone Prime Minister Narendra
moving through the Bay of Modi met with Cabinet
Bengal that was forecast ministers and weather and
to bring extremely severe disaster-response officials
wind and rain. for a briefing on the mea-
The India Meteorological sures being taken.
Department in New Delhi The Meteorological De-
said Cyclone Fani was ex- partment projected "total
pected to make landfall on destruction" of thatched-
Friday with gale-force winds roof huts, flooding of farm-
of up to 200 kilometers (124 land and orchards, and
miles) per hour likely starting the uprooting of telephone
Thursday night. It warned of poles. Odisha's special relief
"extremely heavy falls" over commissioner, Bishnupada
parts of the state of Odisha Sethi, said that prepara-
and its southern neighbor tions for Fani included the
Andhra Pradesh. An Indian fisherman runs between the docked fishing boats amid strong winds at Chandrabhaga country's largest evacua-
India's National Disaster beach in Puri district of eastern Odisha state, India, Thursday, May 2, 2019. tion operation, of around
Management Authority Associated Press 880,000 people. More than
forecast "high to phenome- 800 shelters were opened
nal" sea conditions for most men were advised not to surge was expected to in- be the worst storm since and around 100,000 dry
of the Indian states along venture into deep waters. undate low-lying areas. 1999, when a cyclone killed food packets were ready
the Bay of Bengal. Fisher- A 1.5-meter (4.9-foot) storm Fearing that Fani could around 10,000 people and to be airdropped.q

Widow, daughter of Korean Air chairman appear at trial

By KIM TONG-HYUNG his family. as housekeepers. Prosecu-
Associated Press Lee Myung-hee and her tors are seeking a 15 million
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) daughter, Cho Hyun-ah, won ($12,900) fine for Cho
— The widow and daugh- refused to answer report- Hyun-ah, who reportedly
ter of Korean Air Chairman ers' questions following their admitted to wrongdoing.
Cho Yang-ho appeared in appearance at the Seoul Lee reportedly said she did
a South Korean court on Central District Court. not know that the Filipino
Thursday over charges they Prosecutors charged Lee women were hired illegally.
unlawfully hired house- and Cho Hyun-ah in De- Cho Hyun-ah, then a com-
keepers from the Philip- cember, saying they un- pany executive, gained
pines. The case extends lawfully recruited and hired notoriety in 2014 after she
the legal saga of Korean 11 housekeepers from the ordered a Korean Air pas-
Air's founding family follow- Philippines by document- senger plane to return to
ing the funeral of Cho, who ing them as Korean Air a terminal at John F. Ken-
died at 70 due to illness in trainees from 2013 to early nedy International Airport
Los Angeles last month, last year. Under South Ko- in New York because she
weeks after shareholders rean law, foreigners must was angry that the crew Former Korean Air executive Cho Hyun-ah, center, daughter of
late Korean Air President Cho Yang-ho, leaves the Seoul Central
voted to remove him from obtain visas given to mar- served her macadamia District Court in Seoul, Thursday, May 2, 2019.
the company's board over riage migrants or people nuts in a bag instead of on Associated Press
the scandals surrounding of Korean heritage to work a plate.q