At least three people died in cyclone Phailin which lashed India\'s east coast overnight and nearly a million people were evacuated, a state official told AFP on Sunday. \"We have confirmed three casualties, three deaths. We don\'t have confirmed reports of injuries yet,\" Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, special relief commissioner for the state of Orissa, said by telephone. He said that an estimated 860,000 people had been evacuated in Orissa, which added to at least 100,000 in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh state.