Thursday, May 20, 2010

Cyclone Laila weakens, leaves 16 dead

Cyclone Laila

Andhra Pradesh breathed a sigh of release after the cyclone Laila damaged before the shore about 30 km from Bapatla in Guntur district on Thursday afternoon, but left 16 people dead, snowed under thousands of homes, snapped power in many areas and threw rail and road traffic out of gear in the coastal region of condition.

Cyclone, which has suffered winds 111 km (69 miles) an hour, landed about 100 miles south of the city of Vijayawada to 11:30 local time yesterday, said the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon caution middle.

At least 16 people died in Andhra Pradesh, The Times of India report, including people washed away in floods or compressed by in trouble walls. Around 45,000 people were evacuate to relief camps such as rail and road armed forces were broken, the report said. The Times report yesterday, six people died in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu.

Cyclone Laila decreased as the storm hit the coast and moving northeast at 1.8 km / h towards the town of Visakhapatnam. The tempest is expected to weaken from today, the eye moves crossways the fatherland and along the east coast of India against Bangladesh later this week.

India Meteorological Department optional a suspension of fishing as the cyclone moves towards the state of Orissa, where heavy rain and winds of up to 60 km / h are predictable over the next 48 hours after the repair last efficient at 5:30 local time.

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