India evacuates thousands ahead of second cyclone in a week

Authorities began evacuating people ​along India's ​eastern coast on Monday, a day before a severe cyclonic storm is expected to make landfall in a region recovering from a ⁠deadly cyclone last week.
Cyclone Murasu ⁠is expected to be less intense than last week's cyclone Arnab, where six people ‌were killed and dozens ​of houses and ⁠crops were destroyed.
India ​Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast ‌Murasu to make landfall in the early hours ​of Tuesday.
'Around 2,000 people have been evacuated, and the process is continuing. We are planning to evacuate some 30,000 people,' Prakhar ‌Jain, managing director of the ​Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, told ​Reuters ‌on ⁠Monday.
The cyclone formed over the Bay of Bengal, a major ​region for tropical cyclones that has ⁠spawned ​deadly storms on India's east coast.
IMD expects Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, states along India's south eastern coast, ​to feel the brunt ​of it.