India evacuates thousands ahead of second cyclone in a week

By Jatindra Dash

BHUBANESWAR, ‌India, ​Nov ​2 (Reuters) - Authorities began evacuating people along India's eastern coast on Monday, ‌a day before a severe cyclonic ⁠storm is expected to make landfall in ‌a region recovering from ‌a deadly cyclone last week.

• Cyclone Murasu is expected to be less intense than last ​week's cyclone Arnab, where six people were killed and dozens of ⁠houses and crops were destroyed.

• India Meteorological Department (IMD) has ​forecast Murasu to make landfall in the early hours of Tuesday.

• "Around 2,000 people ​have been evacuated, and ‌the process is continuing. We are planning to evacuate some ⁠30,000 people," Prakhar Jain, managing director of the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, ⁠told Reuters on Monday.

• The cyclone formed over ​the Bay of Bengal, a major region for tropical cyclones that has spawned deadly storms ‌on India's east coast.

• IMD expects Tamil Nadu and Andhra ‌Pradesh, states along India's south eastern ⁠coast, to feel ‌the brunt of ​it.

(Reporting by Jatindra Dash, writing by Tanvi Mehta; editing by Lincoln ‌Feast.)

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