Asani damages beach road in Andhra

May 11, 2022 09:11

Cylone Asani update: Traffic movement on the Kakinada-Uppada Beach Road has been closed in the wake of Cyclone Asani.

"Pitch road is damaged. We have put up two check-posts in our limits to control vehicular movement. We're stopping everybody from taking this route," the police said.

Severe cyclone Asani neared the east coast, packing gale-force winds up to 105 kmph, amid indication of gradual weakening on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The cyclone, which was moving at 5 kmph in the morning, gained speed to 25 kmph later in the day, as it lay centred around 210 km south-southeast of Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh and 530 km south-southwest of Gopalpur in Odisha, according to the latest bulletin issued at 4.30 pm.

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