Diviseema floods claimed over 10,000 lives

xVisakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh was hit by 61 cyclonic storms from 1970 to 2025, but the worst was the 1977 cyclone that left at least 10,000 dead when a seven-metre high storm surge hit the Diviseema. The most devastating in this century was the HudHud, which left a trail of destruction in Visakhapatnam on October 12, 2014.

It claimed 40 lives and divested the entire greenery in the city, which was said to be one of the greenest in the country. The system also plunged the city into darkness for over a week, and normalcy was restored after the Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu personally camping in the city for a week and supervised the restoration.

The latest cyclone, Montha, caused evacuation of over 10,000 people in Kakinada and Kinaseema

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