IndiGo, Fly91, and Air India are among the impacted carriers, alongside Southern Railway cancelling dozens of trains. Coastal districts including Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Konaseema, and Vijayawada face high alerts, with highways barricaded and state transport services halted as precautionary measures.
The India Meteorological Department has forecast a cyclonic storm surge following landfall expected between Kakinada, Yanam, and Konaseema. Schools and colleges have been shut for 48 hours, power supplies disconnected to avoid electrical accidents, and multi-agency rescue teams, including the NDRF and SDRF, deployed to evacuate citizens from vulnerable low-lying coastal areas to designated safe shelters.