Heavy rainfall, uprooted trees, power outages: Cyclone Murasu crosses Andhra coast
Cyclone Murasu made landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coast, bringing high winds and heavy rainfall to several districts. The storm caused significant infrastructure damage, including power outages and road destruction.
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Extreme weather events like this pose recurring threats to regional infrastructure and local economies in coastal India.
VISAKHAPATNAM: The severe cyclonic storm Murasu moved north-northwestwards and crossed the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur, close to Ongole, between 3.30 am and 5.30 am on Tuesday, with wind speeds of 100-110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph.The cyclone triggered heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, uprooted trees and electric poles, caused power outages and communication disruptions, and damaged roads in parts of Prakasam, Palnadu, Bapatla and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh, as well as other parts of the state.Heavy spells of rainfall are likely to continue over south coastal Andhra Pradesh till Tuesday evening.Kothapatnam in Prakasam district recorded 16.4 cm of rainfall between 8.30 am on Monday and 5 am on Tuesday, followed by 11.4 cm in Naguluppalapadu (Prakasam), 10 cm in Chirala (Bapatla), 9.3 cm in Pelluru (Prakasam), 9.2 cm in Throvagunta (Prakasam), 8.5 cm each in ANGR Agriculture College (Bapatla) and Santhanuthlapdu (Prakasam), 8 cm in…
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