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.