00:00So, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu is monitoring Cyclone Urnab.
00:05Naidu also holds teleconference on Cyclone Urnab.
00:08He tells the officials saving lives is the top priority and we must minimize the loss of property.
00:15So, those are the priorities of the Andhra Pradesh government.
00:19Firstly, they are focusing on no loss of lives and secondly, they are also trying to minimize the loss of
00:25property
00:26because a trail of destruction is already being seen in several parts of the state.
00:30No report of casualties so far due to Cyclone and the Chief Minister has also said that
00:36we must prevent breaches in canals amid Cyclone.
00:41So, advisories have been issued by the Andhra Pradesh government.
00:44In fact, Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu is constantly monitoring and reviewing the situation.
00:49He is also holding this meeting with the officials where he has clearly stated that the priority,
00:53the top priority is saving lives.
00:55There should be no loss of lives due to Cyclone Urnab.
00:59And the second priority is to minimize the loss of property, the loss of, in fact, to minimize the destruction.
01:07So, infrastructural damage is what needs to be minimized, is also what the government is focusing on
01:14and Chandra Babu Naidu has also made an appeal to the people to remain indoors
01:19and, in fact, it is also said that people must avoid travel in view of Cyclone Urnab.
01:27Now, these are the kind of visuals that have emerged from Andhra Pradesh.
01:31You can see on the left, these are the visuals just from around 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.
01:37in Kona Seema when the wind speeds were as high as 150 to 160 kilometers and that was when the
01:44situation was the worst since yesterday.
01:46And not just wind speed, but you can also see how there is heavy rainfall as well.
01:50So, heavy rainfall accompanied by wind speeds up to 150 to 160 kilometers.
01:57That is when the landfall process was just starting.
02:01And these are the visuals from Kona Seema on the right.
02:04You can see those are the visuals from Kakinara.
02:06It's a beach in Kakinara.
02:08High tides are being seen in these parts in the eastern coastal states,
02:16not just in Andhra Pradesh, but Kuducherry also, Tamil Nadu also, Orisha also.
02:20But the situation now is getting better.
02:23The wind speed has also come down and there is no heavy rainfall that can be seen as of now.
02:30But the situation had started worsening since yesterday itself.
02:34But if you talk about the current situation in all these parts,
02:37be it Orisha, be it Andhra Pradesh, as our colleagues were reporting from the ground,
02:42the situation seems to be much calmer and better as of now.
02:46But of course, the next two to three hours are crucial
02:49because the landfall process is still underway.
02:51So, we'll keep an eye.
02:53We'll be getting you all those updates right from the ground,
02:56real-time updates, what's happening, how does it look like,
02:59what is the wind speed, what is the situation of the rainfall
03:02and also the damage that is being caused.
03:09So, these are the visuals that have so far come in from different parts of Andhra Pradesh
03:15as well as the other eastern coastal states also.
03:20These particular visuals are from Andhra Pradesh.
03:24On the left, these are the visuals from Kona Seema.
03:26Now, this is from around 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.,
03:29which is when the wind speeds were at the highest.
03:32Now, that is exactly the period when the landfall process had just begun
03:36and the eye of the storm was still away.
03:38That means that the pink region, the pink region around the eye of the storm,
03:43which is known as the eye wall,
03:45the regions that come under that pink region are the ones which are the worst impacted.
03:50That is where the wind speeds are the highest
03:52and that is exactly what was happening just a few hours ago in Andhra Pradesh
03:56when the eye of the storm was quite away, was a little away from the coast
04:00and the wind speed was the highest.
04:03Now that the eye of the storm has already hit the coast,
04:07the situation has become a little better
04:09and what we are also learning is that now,
04:12once the cyclone Arnab has already hit the coast,
04:16it will start weakening.
04:18So, if you talk about the trajectory of the cyclone,
04:23it will enter through Andhra Pradesh
04:25and it will then move towards Telangana
04:27and then it will move to the north.
04:30But it will keep on weakening.
04:31So, the impact would not be as strong as we were witnessing since yesterday.
04:37So, the impact will come down,
04:39the wind speed will come down
04:40and heavy rainfall can also stop in the coming few hours.
04:47So, the wind speed will be as strong as we are moving towards the west.
04:48So, the forest is going to come down there.
