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Cyclone Murasu makes landfall in India's Andhra Pradesh after evacuations

About 2,000 people had been evacuated by Monday under a plan for some 30,000, the state disaster authority said before landfall.

Published Nov 3, 2026 · 07:48 UTC2 reports

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Cyclone Murasu made landfall in the morning near Ongole in Andhra Pradesh, with winds of 100-110 kph, per India's weather department.[ABC News]
Ahead of landfall, about 2,000 people had been evacuated by Monday and some 30,000 were planned, with six NDRF and seven SDRF teams deployed.[Al Jazeera]
It follows Cyclone Arnab, which reports put at five or six deaths; post-landfall damage and toll remain unreported in these sources.[Al Jazeera · ABC News]

Cyclone Murasu made landfall in the morning near Ongole in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, with maximum sustained winds of 100-110 kph, according to the India Meteorological Department.[ABC News]
About 2,000 people had been evacuated by Monday, according to Prakhar Jain of the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority.[Al Jazeera]
Authorities planned to evacuate some 30,000 people, according to Jain.[Al Jazeera]
Six National Disaster Response Force teams and seven State Disaster Response Force teams were deployed in advance, according to Jain.[Al Jazeera]
Cyclone Arnab struck the same coastline the previous Wednesday and killed six people, according to Al Jazeera's reporting.[Al Jazeera]
Cyclone Arnab battered parts of Andhra Pradesh the previous week and killed at least five people, according to ABC News.[ABC News]

Reported death tolls for Cyclone Arnab differ, with six deaths in one outlet and at least five in another.[Al Jazeera · ABC News]
Deaths, damage, and the final number of people evacuated from Cyclone Murasu are not established in the provided reporting.[Al Jazeera · ABC News]

Outlet counts describe coverage, not independent confirmation. Reports may share a wire service or original source.