AP - 'Worst Cyclone in 10 years'
V. Chowdary Jampala (cjampala@dayton.net)
Fri, 8 Nov 1996 08:56:13 -0500 (EST)
The following is a message received from Dr. Narasaraju Mantena,
Secretary, TANA Foundation, regarding the cyclone in AP and a request for
funds for relief operations. More information about TANA Foundation can
be seen at the TANA website: http://www.tana.org
Regards. --- V. Chowdary Jampala
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Date: 8 Nov 1996 03:30:29 -0000
From: Raju Mantena <narmada@hotmail.com>
To: cjampala@dayton.net
Subject: AP second Cyclone
The following is the news item from New York Times. This is
the second cycloneto hit costal areas of AP. It seems more
than thousand people died in this oneand the most effected
area is Godavari districts. Please post it to the newsgroup.
TANA Foundation is collecting donations towards the cyclone
relief. These funds will be chanelled through Ramakrishna Math
of Hyderabad. TANA Foundation has already sent $10,000.00.
Donations can be made through a check payable to TANA Foundation
and mail it to : TANA Foundation, 26 Sunset Road West, Searington,
NY 11507. Donations made to TANA Foundation are tax deductible
to the extent allowed by law.
---- Begin News extract from New York Times ----
One of the most powerful cyclones in years tore through
India's major crop-growing state of Andhra Pradesh, killing
at least 465 people and flattening tens of thousands of
homes, police said Thursday. The state's chief minister said
the death toll from the cyclone, which struck the Southeast
coast Wednesday evening, might climb to 1,000. At least
1,500 people were reported missing. The storm, packing winds
aproaching 100 mph, struck the coastal state of Andhra
Pradesh on Wednesday night. It blew the tiled roofs from some
10,000 houses, wrenched power poles from the earth and flooded
roads and train tracks, state chief secretary M.S. Rajaji said.
"This is the worst cyclone in 10 years." H.S. Brahma, the chief
state official coordinating relief operations,told Reuters.
Authorities in Hyderabad, the state capital, said most of the
deaths were due to flooding, houses collapsing and electrocutions.
"The toll may be very high, and it may even touch 1,000," Chief
Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu told reporters soon after he surveyed
flooded areas by helicopter.
--- End news extract ---
Sincerely,
Narasarju