Three people died in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Sunday as Cyclone Gulab made landfall in the coastal areas of the two states, the Hindus...
Three people died in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Sunday as Cyclone Gulab made landfall in the coastal areas of the two states, the Hindustan Times reported.
While two fishermen died in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district, one person died in Odisha’s Ganjam district. The fishermen in Srikakulam reportedly died after they fell from their boat off the Mandasa coast. One fisherman is still missing, the newspaper quoted officials as saying.
The cyclone made landfall 20 km north of the Kalingapatnam town in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.
The landfall occurred at the Miduguda and Tokali villages, PTI quoted an official from the India Meteorological Department as saying. The wind speed of the cyclone during landfall was said to be about 90 km per hour.
The storm uprooted large trees and electricity poles at some places in Andhra Pradesh. The city of Vishakhapatnam received heavy rainfall, and visuals on social media showed strong winds and inundated streets.
Cyclone 🌀 Gulab's rain bands stuck in Vizag City of India...Video taken from Sujathanagar area of Vizag Coast... pic.twitter.com/QQq5Wqs3rU
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The cyclone also disrupted normal life in Odisha’s Jeypore, Koraput, Kotpad and Sunabeda districts, as the IMD had issued a red alert warning due to the cyclone, The New Indian Express reported. Markets...
