Cyclone Murasu makes landfall on India’s eastern coast
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Cyclone Murasu has made landfall on India’s eastern coast, uprooting trees, toppling electricity poles and flooding low-lying areas in Andhra Pradesh. The severe cyclonic storm came ashore near Ongole in Prakasam district about 1am on Tuesday (19:30 GMT on Monday), according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). No deaths or injuries have been reported so far, Prakhar Jain of the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority told Reuters, while PTI reported thousands of trees felled and hundreds of power poles damaged in Prakasam and Bapatla. Authorities planned to move about 30,000 people to safety in Andhra Pradesh. [1]
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