INDIA has begun evacuating thousands of people from fishing villages as it braces for Cyclone Hudhud

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Source: AFP

The states of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa in the southeast are on high alert for what the weather office described as a “very severe cyclonic storm” due to make landfall Sunday.

Many thousands from fishing villages across five districts in northeast Andhra Pradesh living in flimsy housing were among the first to be moved to safer, concrete relief shelters, officials say.

The numbers of evacuees is expected to swell.

“We are ready to evacuate 400,000 people, but that will depend on the amount of rainfall and how it affects low-lying areas,” said Arvind Kumar, an senior official from Andhra Pradesh, overseeing the relief efforts.


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[AnotherDreamWeaver]

1. Typhoon in the Pacific and now this too?

Wonder how things are going in the Gulf of Mexico...

Some folks need rain and others get more than needed.

[OnlinePoker]

2. Nothing in the Gulf of Mexico

One tropical storm way off the east coast near Bermuda and heading further out to sea with two more possibly developing in the mid-Atlantic. There's one disturbance way out to sea in the eastern Pacific.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/cyclones/

[logosoco]

3. I've been trying to send the rain we've had here in Missouri out to California, but it just won't go

Glad to see these folks in India are as prepared as they can be. Better safe than sorry. Hope it doesn't hit too hard.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

4. It's a "Red Flag Warning" day today, but chance of rain Tuesday is 70%. nt

[Rhinodawg]

5. Good move.