Severe Cyclone Murasu: 19 flights cancelled across 3 Andhra airports

Severe cyclonic storm Murasu led to the cancellation of at least 19 domestic flights across three Andhra Pradesh airports—Vijayawada, Tirupati, and Visakhapatnam on Monday.

Vijayawada Airport director M Lakshmi Kantha Reddy said "IndiGo airline has cancelled 10 flights and Air India Express two."

An official from the GMR Group reported that Visakhapatnam Airport (Bhogapuram) cancelled four flights, while Tirupati Airport director D Boominathan noted that "IndiGo cancelled flights to Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Bengaluru."


The Meteorological Department stated on Monday that "Severe cyclonic storm Murasu is set to cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narasapur in the intervening night of November 2-3."

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The storm is expected to bring widespread heavy rainfall across the state, marking the second cyclone to hit Andhra Pradesh within a single week.