Re:Suraj in AP thread , just a rough background
Kalingapatnam, the place the cyclone is expected to make land is 25 km from Srikakulam (district HQ of Srikakulam dist)
The place itself is just a fishing village / town - with a good beach which is why its good place to go on weekends.
The govt hospital itself was recently made into a teaching college (RIMS srikakulam) a 300 bed hospital - don't expect much infra - in form of quality roads etc as Srikakulam is one of the most poorly developed dist s of AP - just a couple of notches higher than that of kbk region nearby in Orissa.
Lot of paddy (watertable is quite high) , cashew etc - in red soil - so the population density in the hilly tracts is low and the plains (paddy growing) areas is as high as rest of the AP paddy belts (these high pop areas will be near the coast as expected) - compared to the interior eastern ghats mostly lying parallel and intermittently juttting near to the coast and then running away from the coast.
There are two rivers side by side in the region.
Vamsadhara river meets ocean near kalingapatnam and is the most likely to experience huge storm surge - and biggest danger of catastrophic flooding.
The Nagavali river flows through the Srikakulam town - the storm surge from the cyclone is again a big danger as the town is quite densely populated.
Few buildings are good enough(as in rest of Indian towns) here to with stand >150 mph winds though - so I pray almighty that the eye will be nowhere near the densely populated towns.
Tribal agency settlements abound - infra and people are quite backward here with bad access to urban areas - and will be totally cut off from the rest - especially in the current conditions.
AP government has also announced two emergency control room numbers - 08942 240557 and 9652838191 in Srikakulam district, while a toll free number 180042500002 was announced as the Phailin emergency number
10 Oct 2013
1051 :
Cyclone Phailin- Damage Expected- 1. Extension damage to Kutcha house. 2. Disruption of power communication lines. 3. Disruption of rail and road traffic. 4. Potential threat from flying debris. 5. Flooding of escape routes. 6. Expensive damage to agricultural crops. ACTION Required- 1. Fishermen to return to coast and not to venture into sea. 2. People to stay indoors from 11th afternoon till 13th morning. 3. Evacuation of Fishermen -- Collector, Srikakulam
09 Oct 2013
1007 :
"Rapid Response Teams have been formed in the Medical and Health Department in SRIKAKULAM District in all the 18 Health Clusters. This has been done in view of the prevailing seasonal conditions to control epidemics and provide immediate response and relief for public health related emergencies."