Cyclone Arnab ne Yanam ke paas Andhra coast par landfall shuru kiya: tez hawa, ped ukhde, kai ilaakon mein bijli gul
IMD ke mutabik landfall area mein 125–135 km/h ki hawa aur 150 km/h tak ke jhonke; 1.5 se 2.5 meter tak storm surge se nichle ilaakon mein paani bharne ka khatra.
Bay of Bengal se utha 'very severe' Cyclone Arnab Budhvaar tadke Andhra Pradesh ke coast se takraana shuru ho gaya. Andhra Pradesh CMO ke hawaale se ANI ne bataya ki landfall ki prakriya Kakinada ke paas Yanam mein shuru hui aur iske subah 4 baje tak poora hone ki ummeed thi. Reuters ki report ke mutabik IMD ne landfall area mein agle chaar ghante tak 125–135 km/h ki lagataar hawa aur 150 km/h tak ke jhonkon ki chetavani di, jiske baad hawa dheere-dheere kam hogi. IMD ne 1.5 se 2.5 meter tak ke storm surge se nichle ilaakon mein paani bharne ki aashanka bhi jataayi.
Reuters ne CM office ke hawaale se bataya ki kai jagah ped ukhad gaye hain aur bijli supply baadhit hui hai. Daily Pioneer ki live report ke mutabik Mangalvaar raat Yanam ke Savithri Nagar mein samundar ka paani 3–4 feet tak chadh gaya aur ek relief camp ki neeche ki manzil mein paani bhar gaya, jiske baad logon ko upar ki manzil par le jaaya gaya. Isi report mein Mangalvaar ko Visakhapatnam ke Mangalapalem mein gire hue bijli ke taar ki chapet mein aane se ek 65 varshiya vyakti ki maut ki khabar di gayi; Reuters ki report mein landfall ke samay tak kisi maut ka zikr nahi tha.
Prashasan ki taiyari badi hai. ANI ke mutabik rajya ne 2,199 cyclone shelters chinhit kiye, 2,360 garbhvati mahilaon ko pehle hi aspataalon mein pahunchaya, aur 12 NDRF va 10 SDRF teams tainat kin. Bijli bahaali ke liye 8,400 se zyada karmchaari lagaye gaye hain. Pioneer ke mutabik Real Time Governance authority ne logon se Budhvaar subah 9 baje tak gharon mein rehne ko kaha hai, aur Telangana ke chaar zilon mein IMD ne Budhvaar ke liye red alert jaari kiya hai.