News India Mass evacuation continues in coastal Odisha, AP, darkness descends in daytime

Mass evacuation continues in coastal Odisha, AP, darkness descends in daytime

Puri/Visakhapatnam:  Darkness descended on Saturday morning in Puri, as heavy rains lashed the temple town with visibility hardly 15 metres. Nearly one lakh people have left their homes in coastal areas to safer places, the



All people residing within two kms of the sea coast have been asked to rush to safer places, irrespective of whether they are residing in thatched huts or a concrete building.







A sort of self-imposed curfew has been imposed across coastal Andhra, with not a single person moving out on the roads.

Local officials said, the windspeed at the zenith of supercyclone could reach 315 km per hour. They say, it could be much more devastating that the 1999 Odisha super cyclone.



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