00:00There's more information that's trickling in with regards to Cyclone Mursu.
00:05Let's bring our viewers up to speed with that.
00:07Eight Indigo flight services connecting Vijayawada are listed as cancelled for November the 3rd due to Cyclone Mursu.
00:16That's what we're getting to know at this point in time.
00:19At least 19 domestic flights were cancelled at Vijayawada, Terupati and Vishaka Patnam airports in Andhra Pradesh today.
00:26Of these Indigo flights that were cancelled were 10 and there were two Air India Express flights that were cancelled
00:34at the Vijayawada airport.
00:38Going back to my colleague Apoorva for more.
00:41Apoorva, we just told our viewers about how services have been hit but this was all about things in the
00:47air.
00:48Tell us about the status of the rail services, how many trains were affected as a result and what other
00:59measures have been taken on the ground or services that have been compromised as a result of the incoming Cyclone.
01:10On the ground as well there have been precautionary measures that have been taken because much like Cyclone Mursu which
01:17we saw the devastating effects wherein several crops were damaged apart from the crops that were damaged we also saw
01:23the electrical pole lines that had major connectivity issues because of the trees that were strewn across just by the
01:30force of the winds that were lashing across the southern belt as well.
01:34And even right now with Mursu, you know, you were just telling me a couple of minutes ago to stay
01:40on but trust me, Hashir, I am trying with the winds that are, you know, have already started with the
01:46force of the winds over here.
01:48The IMD is predicting that these winds will be going on up to 120 kilometers per hour as the landfall
01:54and the eye of the storm crosses across and reaches to the coastline here in Andhra Pradesh as well.
01:59So, when we look into the measures that are being taken by the government as well, you know, several, you
02:05know, rails have also been suspended in these regions.
02:09The Andhra Pradesh government has also sought help from neighboring southern states, be it Tamil Nadu as well as Telangana
02:16and now Karnataka as well, you know, asking for coordination that will help them in the upcoming days.
02:22In the next 24 to 48 hours, we will be noticing that there are several people who have been deployed.
02:28Additional manpower that has been deployed, be it from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka or even from Telangana as well.
02:34In Cyclone Ornab, we also saw that, you know, several people help was called in from the neighboring state, the
02:41neighboring Telugu state of Telangana,
02:43where in several people were brought in for restoring of the telephone lines and telephonic poles like I had mentioned
02:51earlier.
02:52And now we are seeing from, you know, from Karnataka as well as from Tamil Nadu,
02:56the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Narachandra Prabhupada, who has reached out to these chief ministers as well
03:02and requested that additional help, additional manpower be deployed in these regions so that over the next 24 to 48
03:10hours,
03:10it is going to be, you know, as chaotic as it is going to be with the landfall of this
03:16cyclone Murusuk,
03:17that help is at hand and nearby and that things can be attempted to be restored back to a novel
03:24at the earliest.
03:25Apoorva, you've been, you know, around the coastal belt for nearly a week now,
03:30first covering Cyclone Ornab and now this one for us.
03:35Tell me in your, you know, presence on the ground, of your being on the ground,
03:39especially over the last three to four days, in terms of the preparation for this cyclone,
03:48again, the authorities have had very less time to recuperate from the first cyclone.
03:52Now, they're managing, if they're having to deal with a second cyclone,
03:56how do you see the preparation for this particular cyclone?
04:00Are you satisfied with the way the authorities have responded
04:03and perhaps are they better prepared for this cyclone?
04:11Well, in fact, if I should mention, you know, the authorities,
04:15be it for Cyclone Ornab or for Cyclone Murusuk that we are experiencing right now,
04:20the public as well as the state machinery has been extremely going ahead
04:27and been prepared with what can be only stated that the next couple of days,
04:32even as the state is trying to bounce back, it will be a difficult time,
04:36but that there is enough, you know, help that is available at hand.
04:40In fact, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Narachandra Babu Nairu,
04:44has been completely monitoring the situation over the last one week.
04:48In fact, this particular area, this coastal region of Nellore, Ongol,
04:54well up to Bapatla as well, these are already, you know, time and time again,
04:58these are cyclone-affected regions.
05:00And in fact, the public here also know there's a standard SOP that is set in place
05:04ahead of, you know, cyclones that affect this area quite often.
05:09So, which is why when it comes to the state ministry, they are well equipped to see and
05:14handle what will be, you know, the next step of action after the landfall, post-landfall,
05:19what needs to be done at the earliest.
05:21So, in that way, even with Cyclone Ornab, which was completely devastating the coastal regions
05:27of Andhra Pradesh, you know, we were there on ground, we were seeing the kind of debris out there.
05:32What was once a very rich, green countryside of Konasima and nearby districts, Amalapuram
05:39and nearby districts as well, completely were left with the roads being strewn by tall, healthy,
05:46you know, trees that were completely uprooted and just left to be strewn across on the roads.
05:51And that was the effect of Cyclone Ornab that we had seen, the devastation that had taken place.
05:56And it looks like, just by these winds over here, it looks like the next cyclone, which is impending
06:02the landfall in the next, you know, one and a half hours of Cyclone Ornab, we will also experience,
06:08unfortunately, the same devastating efforts as well.
06:11But, we must go ahead and…
06:12Yeah, let's just hope, let me take it forward from there, Apoorwa, let's just hope that as you'd earlier
06:17said that the impact is as minimal, the lost life and property, all of that can be minimized
06:24to the greatest possible extent. It's been a tough ride for the authorities and for Apoorwa
06:28as well. I hope Apoorwa, you, as well as the concerned camera person, now take shelter.
06:35We're done with this particular update. Thank you so much for bringing us all the updates
06:39and to everyone watching us around the coastal belt of Arunach, of Andhra Pradesh, as well
06:44as in regions that are likely to be impacted in Chennai. Stay safe, move away from the low-lying
06:50areas and listen to the authorities. That's the key in these situations.
