Streets in Nellore flooded by the affect of cyclone Michaung.
| Photo Credit: Kommuri Srinivas
With cyclone Michaung laying 20 km away from the Nellore coast by Monday morning (10.00 am), as many as 9 mandals had been devastated with the uprooting of bushes, and electrical poles, whereas giant swathes of paddy fields had been submerged. As the cyclone is anticipated to make landfall at Bapatla, 130 km from Kavali, an orange alert is issued throughout Nellore district, and the official equipment is put on alert.
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From midnight until early morning, the mandals of Nellore and Kovvur obtained downpours, recording over 27 cm of rain. Vehicular motion from Nellore in direction of Tirupati and Vijayawada got here to a grinding halt at numerous factors on the Grand Trunk street. Officials stated the Indukuripeta mandal bore the brunt of the cyclone as it severely broken the rural roads and performed havoc with the prawn farming models. The wind velocity had crossed over 80 km alongside the coastal villages in the district, and the depth of chilly was greater in the area.
Normal life was paralyzed in Nellore metropolis and Kavali city as the rainwaters entered the households in a number of low-lying areas. The police and income officials blocked the roads at numerous subways in Nellore City in direction of the railway station and Atmakuru bus stand. The localities alongside the Penna River, together with Harinatha Puram, Kapatipalem, and the environment of Ranganatha Swamy temples, witnessed energy shut down a number of instances from Monday midnight.
The Somasila reservoir in the district obtained full inflows and its storage touched 30 TMC ft by Monday night time. The irrigation officials launched 10,915 cusecs of water downstream to forestall breaches to the bunds. Heavy winds uprooted bushes and energy poles in Udayagiri and Atmakuru meeting constituencies. The Brahmeswaram culvert was broken because of the cyclone affect in Duttaluru mandal, whereas the Manneru rivulet in Atmakuru mandal was in spate.
The income officials rushed to the Girijan Colony in Atmakuru as the locality was submerged on Monday night time. The officials deployed earthmovers to pump out the rainwater from households.
Meanwhile, Collector M. Hari Narayanan appealed to the public to not transfer out until Tuesday night given heavy winds and downpours with only some hours left earlier than the landfall of the Michaung in the neighborhood of Nellore district.