Overview
- The storm crossed the Andhra coast on October 28 as a very severe cyclonic storm with sustained winds of about 125–135 km/h and weakened inland to a deep depression as it moved north.
- Andhra Pradesh reported five confirmed deaths from falling trees, electric poles and building collapse, and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced ex gratia payments and sought central assessment teams.
- Odisha moved 43,827 people into 634 relief camps and deployed hundreds of response teams including ODRAF and NDRF to conduct rescues and clear roads and power lines.
- Preliminary state estimates put widespread crop and infrastructure loss in Andhra Pradesh, with government figures reporting damage across roughly 2.2 lakh hectares and hundreds of thousands of farmers affected.
- The remnant system will continue to bring heavy rain and local flooding risk in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and central‑eastern states today, and the Central Water Commission warned of above‑normal river levels in multiple lower reaches to watch closely.