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Cyclone Michaung weakens after landfall, wreaks havoc in Andhra Pradesh



Cyclone Michaung has weakened right into a deep melancholy over the central coast of Andhra Pradesh, the India Meteorological Division stated on Wednesday.

The storm was about 100 km north-northwest of Bapatla district and 50 km southeast of Khammam, the climate division stated at 2 am.

The storm will weaken additional right into a melancholy on Wednesday morning, the division added.

The cyclone had accomplished its landfall course of in Bapatla on Tuesday.

Three folks died in rain-related incidents in Andhra Pradesh, The Hindu reported.

Two individuals died when a portion of a poultry unit collapsed within the Eluru district. A police constable was killed after a tree fell on him whereas he was using a motorbike within the Siddavatam forest vary.

The heavy rainfall affected practically 40 lakh folks in 194 villages, PTI reported citing knowledge shared by the Andhra Pradesh chief minister’s workplace. Not less than 15,173 residents within the state have been shifted to 204 aid camps.

In Bapatla, authorities deployed 50 particular groups to offer aid to the general public. They relocated over 1,350 folks from low-lying areas to 27 aid camps arrange in colleges and authorities buildings, in response to the Hindustan Instances.

The cyclone left a path of destruction, damaging crops and disrupting transport and communication networks in not less than six coastal districts of the state, the Hindustan Instances reported.

There was intensive injury to agriculture and horticulture crops in Tirupati, Nellore, Kadapa, Prakasam, Bapatla, Krishna, NTR and Konaseema districts, the newspaper reported.

About 770 kms of roads have been broken, 35 bushes uprooted, PTI reported. The cyclone broken 232 homes and 78 huts.

The electrical energy infrastructure of the Andhra Pradesh Southern Energy Distribution Firm was additionally reportedly broken.

The Southern Railway has cancelled 305 trains within the coastal Andhra area between December 2 and December 8. Eleven trains have been diverted.

The rains additionally affected flight companies on the Vishakhapatnam airport, reported The Hindu.

The cyclone had left a number of housing localities and low-lying areas in Chennai flooded on Monday.


Watch: Cyclone Michaung: Sea turns turbulent, heavy rains batter Andhra Pradesh as landfall begins




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