Cyclone Hudhud: 37 people killed, several others injured
A day after Cyclone Hudhud devastated Visakhapatnam and other nearby districts, the state government on Monday embarked on the gigantic task of restoring normalcy in the battered port city and providing access to affected villages. Photo: DC- A collapsed model of an aircraft lies inside the War Memorial, 'Victory at Sea' on the beach road.
- Damaged petrol bunk at Venkojipalem. The city lost all connectivity and communication as several trees have been uprooted, blocking major roads (Photo: DC)
- Bus shelters and compound walls of several houses in the city are destroyed due to heavy rains and speed gales (Photo: DC)
- Many residents from Vishakhapatnam are injured due to destruction of infrastructure by the strong winds (Photo: DC)
- Sea waves surged by at least 500 metres at various places in Srikakulam and 100 metres at Uppada in Visakhapatnam (Photo: DC)
- CM Chandrababu Naidu appealed to people in affected areas to stay indoors. (Photo: PTI)
- Three people have been reported dead in Andhra Pradesh after Cylone Hudhud hit the state (Photo: DC)
- The gale, accompanied by heavy downpour, resulted in trees being uprooted and roofs of thatched huts and sheds being swept away. Earlier, in the day, winds were gusting at nearly 200 kms per hour (Photo: DC)
- Normal life was thrown out of gear as winds with a speed of 170 to 180 kmph earlier today battered Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts (Photo: DC)
- Six aircraft are on standby at the Naval Air Station, INS Dega. Thirty diving teams and four platoons with additional relief material are ready to be pressed into action at short notice. to undertake Humanitarian Aid Distress Relief (HADR),
- Heavy winds had uprooted uncountable trees in Vizianagaram district
- The Union Cabinet secretary also held a review meeting with the AP and Odisha CS and said that the Centre would send more rescue teams even as National Disaster Response Force teams had already been deployed.
- On Friday, AP chief secretary, I.Y.R. Krishna Rao, held a video-conference with the collectors of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam and East Godavari districts and directed them to take all steps to save lives and property. He also asked
- After gusty wind ripped through their houses on October 12, these tribal families have taken shelter on the verandah of fellow villagers. (Photo: DC/File)
- Cyclone Hudhud is currently on course to hit the Visakhapatnam coast, and is travelling at speed of up to 155 kmph accompanied with very heavy rain. The Andhra Pradesh government is reportedly gearing up to evacuate as many as 4.56 lakh people from
- The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad, on Friday, warned that many areas in Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and East Godavari would face storm surges due to very high tides during the landfall of Cyclone Hudhud
- Daily commuters have a tough time to wading through the downpour during the Hudhud cyclonic storm in Visakhapatnam.(Photographer: Murali Krishna)
- Locals enjoy the cool breeze at Ramakrishna Beach. (Photographer: Murali Krishna)
- Police personnel caution the public and ask them to evacuate them the beach as precautionary measure.(Photographer: Murali Krishna)
- Waves hit the rocks near Costal Battery junction. (Photographer: Murali Krishna)
- Huge waves hit the rocks at Ramakrishna Beach. (Photographer: Murali Krishna)
- Police personnel have been deployed at the retaining wall of the fishing harbour which collapsed as a result of the ongoing cyclone. (Photographer: Murali Krishna)
- Huge waves hit the rocks near Port Control outpost due to rough sea conditions with the effect of Hudhud cyclonic storm in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. (Photographer: Murali Krishna)
- In Vijayawada, though there was no impact of cyclone so far, passengers at Vijayawada railway junction are facing inconveniences due to cancellation of several trains connecting north and south India.
- Meanwhile, Rajhamundry in East Godavari only witnessed drizzles so far but is face power cut since last five hours. Officials braced up to face the cyclone that is expected to make a land fall in next one hour.
- Visakhapatnam which is now in the eye of Hudhud cyclone storm lost all sorts of connectivity and communication with rest of the world. Hundreds of trees, bus shelters and compound walls of several houses in the city were destroyed due to heavy rains
- (Photo: AP)
- After landfall, the cyclone will persist for almost six hours and will be at its severity during noon. Though, it is expected to later weaken over the next six hours as it will move towards Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Seen here: Chief Minister N
- ITBP Jawans prepare to leave to help in cyclone Hudhud relief in Bhubaneswar.
- After the completion of construction of the wall six cyclones hit the coast, but the wall was not damaged and protected the villages. However, strong waves on Saturday have damaged the geo tube wall.
- Officials are having a hard time evacuating people from the coastal areas in Vizag and Vizianagaram as several people in vulnerable areas do not believe that cyclone Hudhud will strike their homes and refuse to leave their boats and nets and
- Flights to Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata have been cancelled on Saturday as heavy gales have already started engulfing Vizag city from Friday night onwards.
- Srikakulam and Vizag started witnessing showers from Saturday evening. Sea surge of 15m to 30m has been witnessed at a few places near S. Rayavaram in Vizag district.Women pray for the relief from cyclonic storm.
- Fisherwomen watch the sea waves before evacuating the place near Podampeta village, on the outskirts of Gopalpur beach in Ganjam district, 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of Bhubaneswar. Indian authorities were evacuating hundreds of thousands of
- INCOIS cautioned Pedanagayyapalem in Vizianagaram with expected sea surge of 400 metres during the time, Rushikonda Beach with 240m, Chintapalli in Srikakulam with 230m and Atchanna Agraharam in Srikakulam with 240m. Seen here: Fishermen shift their
- Fishermen move a boat away from the coast following cyclone Hudhud warning near Podampeta village in Ganjam district.
- Many beaches have witnessed gigantic tides, where waves reached close to the beach roads. A high-rise retaining wall at Vizag fishing harbour has collapsed due to strong waves that were hitting the coast. (Photo: AP)
- The IMD predicted that Vizag, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam and East Godavari would receive around 24.5 cm rainfall for the next 48 hours. The sea condition has already turned very rough with huge waves along the coast.
- Onlookers looking at Sea tide at Gopalpur beach on the eve of Cyclone Hudhud hits land on Saturday. As per IMD bulletin , Hudhud will hit at Vishakhapatnam on Sunday noon. Photo: AP
- Hudhud, which was so far a very severe cyclonic storm has now converted into a severe cyclone. Its speed is now limited to 100-110 kmph (Photo: DC)
- Trees and electric poles were damaged due to heavy cyclonic storm, Hudhud at Santhipuram in Visakhapatnam on Sunday (Photo: DC)
- Despite the major rescue, relief and evacuation operation taken up by the state and Central governments, Cyclone Hudhud mauled Visakhapatnam district, mainly the Vizag core city, with winds gusting up to 200-km per hour (Photo: DC)
- Residents said the winds in Vizag were deafening, sounding at times like explosions. In photo, the destruction caused by the cyclone at Vizag airport (Photo: DC)
- The wind velocity was so high that it shook apartment buildings, leaving cracks in them; communication towers were uprooted and glass windows of apartments, commercial establishments and hundreds of cars were shattered. (Photo: DC)
- Vizagites said that Hudhud had turned out to be the “most dreaded” of cyclones with people being scared to even stay indoors. (Photo: DC)
- The Chief Minister had yesterday asked the Centre to provide financial assistance of Rs 2,000 crores and to declare the tragedy as a national calamity.
- Each cyclone-affected family will get 25 kg of rice and five litres of kerosene, he said.
- Sivaji Ganesan statue
- The Chief Minister instructed the officials to prepare over five lakhs food packets for distribution in cyclone-affected East Godavari, West Godavari, Vizinagaram, Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam districts.
- According to the disaster management department of the state government, five persons, including a one-year-old baby, were killed in different rain-related incidents in the districts of Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram.
- With many retailers allegedly jacking up the prices of essential commodities to cash in on the tragedy. Prices of petrol, vegetables and milk have doubled overnight in the city. Besides Visakhapatnam, the other north coastal districts like
- Long queues were witnessed at petrol pumps and the residents sought to buy essential food items like milk. The government has begun efforts to remove the debris and to restore normalcy in Visakhapatnam.
- The residents of the port city, who were confined to their homes, ventured out today with dry weather prevailing after Hudhud weakened into a deep depression over south Chhattisgarh and its neighbourhood, as per the IMD bulletin issued this morning.
- Communication systems and electricity broke down in the city since Saturday night and people at many places depended on the radio to know the cyclone updates.
- Under the impact of Hudhud, that unleashed gusty winds and heavy rains, the picturesque port city of Visakhapatnam looked like a war-ravaged zone with uprooted trees, knocked down cell towers, transformers and telephone poles seen at several places.
A day after Cyclone Hudhud devastated Visakhapatnam and other nearby districts, the state government on Monday embarked on the gigantic task of restoring normalcy in the battered port city and providing access to affected villages. Photo: DC
Cyclone Hudhud: 37 people killed, several others injured
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