The highest rainfall of 7.3 cms was reported at Allavaram in East Godavari.
Noting that cyclone preparedness had improved substantially this time, Reddy said about 20,000 people were evacuated to safer places.
Two boats with 14 people aboard reached the shore safely and another boat with seven people remained stranded on high seas. Coast Guard was doing rescue operations.
Ten teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been pressed into service. Four helicopters are ready at Hakimpet in Hyderabad and a chopper each would be moved to Vijaywada and Visakhapatnam tomorrow.
Reddy said he had been seeking change of norms for providing help to farmers in such a way that the stage of crop at the time of damage is taken into consideration.
Updated on: November 23, 2013 12:35 IST
