Thousands evacuated as India braces for second cyclone in a week

Cyclone Murasu expected to hit coast near Ongole late on Monday with wind speeds of 100-110km/h, Meteorological Department says.

A satellite image shows Cyclone Arnab making landfall over the southeastern coast of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on October 28, 2026 [Handout/CSU/CIRA & EUMETSAT via Reuters]

Authorities in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh have begun evacuating residents from low-lying coastal areas as Cyclone Murasu bears down on a region still recovering from a deadly cyclone last week.

About 2,000 people had been evacuated by Monday, Prakhar Jain, managing director of the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, told the Reuters news agency. “We are planning to evacuate some 30,000 people,” he said.

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the cyclone was likely to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur near the town of Ongole from 11:30pm (18:00 GMT) on Monday to 4am on Tuesday (22:30 GMT on Monday).

“It is very likely to … cross south Andhra Pradesh coast as a severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of around 100 to 110 kilometres per hour [60 to 70 miles per hour],” IMD said, projecting gusts of 120km/h (75mph).

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to prepare for the cyclone. He said estimates suggested that 6,000 to 8,000 electrical poles could be damaged, posing a “severe threat to power supply”.

Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan wrote on X that the cyclone was set to have a severe impact on Nellore, Prakasam, Bapatla and Krishna districts.

Six National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and seven State Disaster Response Force teams have been deployed in advance, Jain said, according to the IANS news agency. Three of the NDRF teams were sent from neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the ANI news agency reported.

In Nellore district, Collector Himanshu Shukla urged fishermen not to go to sea and ordered officials in coastal areas to remain at their posts.

Schools have been closed in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha with rain expected to continue over parts of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha and Chhattisgarh until Wednesday even as the storm weakens, according to ETV Bharat.

Murasu is expected to be less intense than Cyclone Arnab, which struck the same coastline on Wednesday, killing six people and destroying dozens of homes and crops.

气象部门表示，预计穆拉苏气旋将于周一晚些时候在翁戈莱附近登陆，风速为每小时 100-110 公里。

卫星图像显示，2026年10月28日，气旋“阿尔纳布”在印度安得拉邦东南沿海登陆。[图片由CSU/CIRA和EUMETSAT提供，经路透社发布]

印度南部安得拉邦当局已开始从低洼沿海地区疏散居民，因为飓风穆拉苏正逼近该地区，而该地区仍在从上周致命飓风的袭击中恢复。

安得拉邦灾害管理局局长普拉卡尔·贾恩告诉路透社，截至周一，已有约2000人被疏散。“我们计划疏散约3万人，”他说。

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印度气象局 (IMD) 表示，气旋可能会在周一晚上 11:30（格林尼治标准时间 18:00）至周二凌晨 4:00（格林尼治标准时间 22:30）之间，在安得拉邦南部沿海的内洛尔和纳尔萨普尔之间的翁戈尔镇附近登陆。

印度气象局表示，“它很可能……以强气旋风暴的形式横扫安得拉邦南部沿海地区，风速约为每小时 100 至 110 公里（每小时 60 至 70 英里），阵风可达每小时 120 公里（每小时 75 英里）。”

首席部长纳拉·钱德拉巴布·奈杜指示官员们做好应对飓风的准备。他说，据估计，可能有6000至8000根电线杆受损，对电力供应构成“严重威胁”。

副首席部长帕万·卡利扬在X上写道，这场气旋将对内洛尔、普拉卡萨姆、巴帕特拉和克里希纳地区造成严重影响。

据印度亚洲新闻社（IANS）报道，贾恩表示，已提前部署了6支国家灾害应急部队（NDRF）和7支邦级灾害应急部队。另据亚洲新闻社（ANI）报道，其中3支NDRF队伍来自邻近的泰米尔纳德邦。

在内洛尔区，行政长官希曼舒·舒克拉敦促渔民不要出海，并命令沿海地区的官员坚守岗位。

据 ETV Bharat 报道，安得拉邦、泰米尔纳德邦和奥里萨邦的学校已经停课，预计安得拉邦、特伦甘纳邦、奥里萨邦和恰蒂斯加尔邦的部分地区将持续降雨至周三，尽管风暴强度有所减弱。

预计穆拉苏的强度将弱于周三袭击同一海岸线的飓风阿尔纳布，后者造成六人死亡，数十所房屋和农作物被毁。