Eight lives were lost—four in Visakhapatnam, three in East Godavari and one in Annamayya districts—and crops in nearly 11 lakh acres were damaged during the Cyclone Michaung in Andhra Pradesh, said a presentation made to the Central team headed by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) Executive Director Rajendra Ratnoo which is on a visit to the State.
The presentation was made by Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority Managing Director B.R. Ambedkar. The Central team visited Krishna and Bapatla districts on December 13 (Wednesday) as a part of the exercise to assess the damages done during the cyclone. It will visit Tirupati and Nellore districts on December 14 (Thursday).
The State received an average cumulative rainfall of 136.3 mm from December 3 to 6 when compared to the normal of 0.5 mm during this period, with a deviation of 135.8 mm. Twenty-two districts of the total 26 in the State recorded excess rainfall, as per the information given in the presentation. Tirupati district received the maximum rainfall of 384.1 mm in four days.
