VISAKHAPATNAM (The Thursday Times) — Bohat shadeed saiklooni toofan Arnab Budh ki subah sawere India ke sooba Andhra Pradesh ke saahil ko Narsapur ke qareeb se uboor karne laga, jis ne Visakhapatnam ke kuch hisson mein 150 kilometre fi ghanta tak ki hawaein, 2.5 metre tak ka toofani charhao aur 200 millimetre se zyada barish laayi, jabke dason hazaar log Andhra Pradesh aur Odisha bhar mein camps mein panah liye hue thay.
India Meteorological Department ne kaha ke saahil se takrane ka amal taqreeban subah 1.30 baje West Godavari zile mein Narsapur ke qareeb shuru hua, jis mein musalsal chalne wali hawaon ki raftar 125–135 km/h thi aur jhonkon mein 150 km/h tak pahunch gayi, The Hindu ne report kiya. Mausam ke mahireen ne kaha ke saahil se takrane ki durust jagah tai karna abhi bohat jald hai aur yeh amal kai ghanton tak jari reh sakta hai. Toofan ne Mangal ko raftar pakar li thi, jis se saahil se takrane ka mutawaqqa waqt din chadhe se aage khisak kar raat ke aakhri ghanton mein aa gaya.
Kashtiyan zaya, ghar gir gaye
Kakinada aur Yanam ke liye 1.5 se 2.5 metre tak ke toofani charhao ki pishgoi ki gayi, jo nashebi ilaqon ke liye khatra hai. Uppada mein lehron ne bari chattanein saahili sarak par phenk dein aur samundar ke samne wale kai phoos ke ghar gir gaye; un ke maqeen pehle hi relief camps mein thay. Kakinada mein darakhton se bandhi machhli pakarne wali kashtiyan khari mein bah gayin, aur National Disaster Response Force Dr B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema zile bhar mein gire hue nariyal ke darakht hata rahi thi. Budh ki subah sawere tak Kakinada, Konaseema ya West Godavari mein koi halakat report nahin hui thi.
Mazeed shumal mein, Visakhapatnam aur Anakapalli musalsal barish ki zad mein thay. Donon districts mein 12 weather stations ne Mangal ki subah se Budh ko subah 1 baje tak 200mm se zyada barish record ki, jab ke Anakapalli ke Kannuripalem mein 231.5mm napi gayi, aur saat districts ke 188 stations par 100mm se zyada barish record hui. Flights aur trains mansookh kar di gayin aur sooba ki disaster authority ne Budh ke liye aath districts mein shadeed barish aur tez hawaon ke alerts jari kiye. Bharti broadcasters ne khabar di ke Andhra Pradesh mein taqreeban 90,000 logon ko nikala gaya tha.
Odisha par red alert
Parosi sooba Odisha mein hukumat ne 48,000 se zyada logon ko khatre ki zad mein aane wale ilaqon se 135 cyclone shelters aur 1,600 aarzi panah gahon mein muntaqil kar diya, Indian Express ne report kiya. Malkangiri, Koraput, Gajapati, Ganjam aur Rayagada samet janoobi districts mein bohat shadeed barish aur 90 km/h tak ki tez hawaon ke liye red warning jari thi, jab ke mumkina landslides se nimatne ke liye teams tainaat ki gayi thin. "Hum logon se apeel karte hain ke woh ghabrayein nahin," Odisha ke special relief commissioner Rajesh Patil ne kaha.
