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| As Cyclone Hudhud Picks Up Speed, T |
| As Cyclone Hudhud Picks Up Speed, Thousands Evacuated in Andhra Pradesh
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| INDIA
, 11-October-2014
8:37:4 AM |
| 1Expected windspeed at the time of landfall for the cyclone has been scaled up 170-180 kilometres per hour from 130-140 kmph. The cyclone is expected to make landfall around Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday before noon.
2Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a high-level meeting today evening to review preparedness for the approaching cyclone.
320 teams of the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF have been deployed in Andhra Pradesh. The state government has asked for four more teams; two will be deployed in Visakhapatnam, and one each in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram.
4As many as 396 'cyclone-prone' villages in five coastal districts -- Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari -- have been identified in Andhra Pradesh. Over 3.9 lakh people will be evacuated and shifted to 370 relief camps in the state. 54 boats have been kept on stand-by, 30 of them of the Indian Navy, and the authorities have 15 satellite phones to avoid a breakdown in communication.
5Authorities in East and West Godavari districts - apprehensive that the cyclone could result in flooding - are drawing up a plan to tackle such an eventuality.
6Evacuations have also started in Odisha, where 16 teams of the National Disaster Relief Force have been deployed. 300 temporary centres have also been set up while all local schools have been shut. People living near the coast are being urged to move to cyclone shelters
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