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Cyclone Murasu makes landfall on India's eastern coast
The storm is expected to dump very heavy rain and disrupt power and transport as officials pre-position rescue teams and evacuation plans.
- Cyclone Murasu intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal and was expected to make landfall near Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
- The India Meteorological Department forecast winds of 100–110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph, along with heavy to extremely heavy rain in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Chhattisgarh.
- Andhra Pradesh authorities began evacuations, moving about 2,000 people and planning to evacuate roughly 30,000, according to disaster-management official Prakhar Jain.
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Cyclone Murasu makes landfall on India's eastern coast
Cyclone Murasu made landfall along India's eastern coast on Tuesday, the country's weather department said, the second storm to hit the region in a week as authorities evacuated thousands of people to safety.
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