समाचार Samāchār · India · 3 November 2026

Cyclone Murasu comes ashore near Ongole. Restoration is now the test

IMD said the eye was entering the coast before dawn, with winds of 100–110 kmph. The reports available at 07:15 IST carry no confirmed count of deaths or damage. Andhra Pradesh’s second storm in a week is now a restoration job.

Cyclone Murasu reached the south Andhra Pradesh coast near Ongole in the early hours of Tuesday. It is the second cyclone on this coast in a week. The India Meteorological Department said a major part of the wall cloud had moved onto land and the eye was entering the coast. ANI reported at 05:51 that the process would run for about two more hours. The timing differs across reports. ETV Bharat’s live blog first put landfall around 01:00, then between 03:30 and 05:30.

IMD estimated winds of 100–110 kmph with gusts to 120 along the coast through the morning. Heavy rain is forecast over south coastal Andhra Pradesh for the next 12 hours. ANI puts the storm surge at 1–1.5 metres above the tide. ETV Bharat puts it at 1.5–2 metres. Both name Bapatla, Krishna and Prakasam as the areas most exposed.

The state moved first and said why. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu held teleconferences with officials and called preventing loss of life the top priority. He told people in the worst-hit areas to stay indoors until the storm passes. He also referred to the deaths in Cyclone Arnab and said they should not recur. Al Jazeera reports Arnab killed six. Prakhar Jain, managing director of the state disaster authority, said on Monday about 2,000 people had been moved and about 30,000 would be. Six NDRF and seven SDRF teams were deployed.

The bill comes next. Dozens of flights were cancelled across Chennai, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati. Naidu estimated 6,000 to 8,000 electrical poles could be damaged, and ordered power staff to restore supply quickly and officials to prevent breaches in canals and irrigation tanks. Daylight will bring the first real count of what was lost.

What a founder takes from it: Warning and evacuation are now the routine part, and the officials doing that work deserve credit. The number to watch is days to restore power along this coast. Anyone with a plant or warehouse here should plan for a second outage in a week.