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Cyclone Murasu makes landfall on India’s Andhra Pradesh coast
India’s meteorological service said Cyclone Murasu came ashore near Ongole early Tuesday, uprooting trees and flooding areas, Al Jazeera reported, with no deaths confirmed at the time.
Cyclone Murasu made landfall on India’s east coast near Ongole in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district about 1 a.m. Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department said, according to Al Jazeera1.
The storm uprooted trees, toppled electricity poles and flooded low-lying areas, Al Jazeera reported, calling it the second cyclone to strike the region in a week after Cyclone Arnab1.
Prakhar Jain, managing director of the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, told Reuters that no deaths or injuries had been reported at the time and that some trees and poles had been uprooted, Al Jazeera said1. Press Trust of India reported extensive damage in Prakasam and Bapatla, including crops and fishing boats1.
Authorities had begun evacuations Monday and planned to move about 30,000 people, Jain said1. Home Minister Amit Shah said national and state disaster teams were on the ground1. IMD warned of continued heavy rain in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Odisha1.
