Communication systems and electricity broke down in the city since Saturday night and people at many places are falling back on radio to know the updates about the cyclone.
Hudhud did not spare Visakhapatnam airport either blowing away its roof in gales. Lights and boards in the facility are either knocked down on ground or swept away.
“We were scared. We closed windows but the sound of winds itself was scary,” a woman resident said.
The flood water has entered residential and apartment complexes at some places and it needs to be pumped out now.
“Visakhapatnam is a place I like very much. But, it is painful to see the city this way today,” said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu who is camping in the city to oversee relief operations.
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