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The very severe cyclonic storm Titli over west central Bay of Bengal moved north-westwards and crossed north Andhra Pradesh–south Odisha coasts near Palasa in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Thursday between 4:30 AM and 5:30 AM, according to the Cyclone Warning Centre (CWC) here.
Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh and four to five neighbouring Odisha districts bore the brunt of the cyclone, with two deaths being reported from Srikakulam.
Port warning : The CWC has said that the great danger signal no. 10 hoisted at Kalingapatnam could be replaced with local cautionary signal number three (LC-III) and the great danger signal no. 8 hoisted at Visakhapatnam and Gangavaram Ports could replaced with local cautionary signal number three (LC-III). The Bheemunipatnam and Kakinada Ports have also been asked to lower all the danger signals. The CWC has asked the ports to lower the danger signals.
IndiGo cancelled three scheduled flights from Vizag to Bengaluru and Hyderabad on Thursday as a precautionary measure. “No other airline has cancelled its flights. A couple of flights are delayed but there is no other problem at the Vizag Airport,” Airport Director G Prakash Reddy said.
East Coast Railway has already announced cancellation of some trains, diversion and short-termination of trains between Vizianagaram and Khurda Road (in Odisha).
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