A palm tree is left entangled in electric wires by heavy winds before Cyclone Helen at Ramachandrapuram in East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh on Friday. The storm killed at least six people and knocked out power to hundreds of villages in the
Another picture of a flooded road in East Godavari district.
Vehicles move through flooded road after Cyclone Helen in East Godavari district.
A flooded road in East Godavari district after heavy rains.
“The ‘severe cyclone’ became a ‘cyclone’ when it made landfall and has further weakened into a deep depression,” informed M. Narsimha Rao, assistant meteorologist, Meteorological Centre, Hyderabad.
A flooded road after cyclone Helen made its landfall in East Godavari district.
A vehicle moves as trees lie uprooted in East Godavari district.
A big tree uprooted from cyclone Helen in East Godavari district.
A farmer collects wet paddy sapplings at a field after the Helen attack in East Godavari.
Winds that gusted with speeds reaching 100-110 kmph uprooted trees and damaged electricity and communication towers in a few coastal districts due to the cyclonic storm Helen that weakened into a deep depression later.
A man is killed by an uprooted tree in cyclone Helen.
Trees uprooted after heavy rains during Cyclone Helen in Vizag.
An elderly woman clears rain water outside her hut during cyclone Helen in Vizag.
A road washed away after heavy rains during Cyclone Helen in Vizag. The cyclonic storm over the west central Bay of Bengal moved slightly westwards and crossed the AP coast close to south of Machilipatnam with wind speeds of 80-90 kmph.
Men cut an uprooted tree from Cyclone Helen to clear a road in West Godavari district. The India Meteorological Department said the storm hit Andhra Pradesh state with winds of 80 to 90 kph (50 to 55 mph) and heavy rains.
An electricity pole fell on a car after cyclone Helen hit East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh.
In pictures: Cyclone Helen leaves destruction behind