Cyclone Marusa Strikes India

ONGOLE – Cyclone Murasu has made landfall on India's eastern coast,

uprooting trees, toppling electricity poles and flooding low-lying areas in

Andhra Pradesh. It is the second cyclone to strike the region in a week

after Cyclone Arnab. The severe cyclonic storm came ashore near

Ongole in Prakasam district about 1am on November third, according to

the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD warned of heavy

to very heavy rain across several districts through the day. No deaths or

injuries have been reported so far, Prakhar Jain, the managing director

of the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, told the

Reuters news agency. He said some trees and electricity poles had

been uprooted. Over thirty thousand people have been evaucated so

far.