Cyclone Murasu hits India's east coast

People to be evacuated

30,000 people

Authorities planned to move about 30,000 people to safety in Andhra Pradesh.

Murasu came ashore near Ongole about 1 a.m. Tuesday local time, uprooting trees, toppling power poles and flooding low-lying areas. No deaths or injuries had been reported.

Background

It is the second cyclone to strike the region in a week, after Cyclone Arnab damaged Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.