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Coastal Districts On Alert As Cyclone Phailin Intensifies

More than 64,000 people have been evacuated from Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts. More people living in low-lying areas are also being shifted to safer places.
Hyderabad | 12th October 2013
All 9 districts of north coastal Andhra have been put on high alert as the cyclonic storm Phailin currently in the Bay of Bengal is set to hit the eastern coast by Saturday evening around 7pm.

More than 64,000 people have been evacuated from Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts. More people living in low-lying areas are also being shifted to safer places.

Revenue Minister Dr. N Raghuveera Reddy, who reached Visakhapatnam on Saturday, informed that the armed forces and teams of the National Disaster Response Force were on standby. He said that all efforts were being made to minimise the damage - the vulnerable areas which are likely to be hit by Phailin have been identified, and people are being shifted to safer places.

Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), in its bulletin issued on Saturday morning, stated that Phailin was centered about 260km southeast of Gopalpur, 270km east-southeast of Kalingapatnam and 310km south-southeast of Paradip. It would move northwest-wards and cross north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts between Kalingapatnam and Paradip, close to Gopalpur (Odisha) by Saturday evening as a very severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 210-220 kmph gusting to 240 kmph. (INN)
filed in:  Cyclones, Cyclone Phailin, Coastal AP, Andhra Pradesh Weather, Weather, Disaster Management, Natural Calamities
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