Cyclone Murasu hits Andhra barely a week after Cyclone Arnab

4 NOVEMBER 2026

Barely a week after being battered by “very severe” Cyclone Arnab, Andhra Pradesh is bracing for Cyclone Murasu, made a landfall.
Cyclone Murasu comes at a time when Andhra Pradesh is just beginning to recover from the impact of Cyclone Arnab, a storm that killed five people and submerged crops in more than 3.5 lakh hectares of land.
It also damaged about 2,425 km of roads and brought down some 15,000 electric poles.
The State government puts its losses at ₹4,600 crore, and officials now have little time to prepare for the next storm.
At least two persons were killed severe Cyclone Murasu hit south coastal Andhra Pradesh, destroying standing crops spread over 52,459 hectares and damaging 312 houses and power transmission lines.