印度南部安得拉邦当局已开始从低洼沿海地区撤离居民，因为气旋“穆拉苏”正逼近该地区，而该地区上周刚遭遇一场致命气旋，尚在恢复之中。
Authorities in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh have begun evacuating residents from low-lying coastal areas as Cyclone Murasu bears down on a region still recovering from a deadly cyclone last week.
安得拉邦州灾害管理局局长普拉卡尔·贾因周一告诉路透社，截至周一已撤离约2000人。“我们计划撤离约3万人，”他说。
About 2,000 people had been evacuated by Monday, Prakhar Jain, managing director of the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, told the Reuters news agency. “We are planning to evacuate some 30,000 people,” he said.
印度气象局（IMD）表示，气旋预计将于周一晚11时30分（格林威治时间18时）至周二凌晨4时（周一格林威治时间22时30分）之间，在翁戈勒镇附近、内洛尔与纳尔萨普尔之间的安得拉邦南部海岸登陆。
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the cyclone was likely to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur near the town of Ongole from 11:30pm (18:00 GMT) on Monday to 4am on Tuesday (22:30 GMT on Monday).
印度气象局称：“极有可能……以强气旋风暴形式登陆安得拉邦南部海岸，风速约为每小时100至110公里（每小时60至70英里），阵风可达每小时120公里（每小时75英里）。”
“It is very likely to … cross south Andhra Pradesh coast as a severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of around 100 to 110 kilometres per hour [60 to 70 miles per hour],” IMD said, projecting gusts of 120km/h (75mph).
首席部长N·钱德拉巴布·奈杜指示官员做好气旋应对准备。他说，据估计，6000至8000根电线杆可能受损，对电力供应构成“严重威胁”。
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to prepare for the cyclone. He said estimates suggested that 6,000 to 8,000 electrical poles could be damaged, posing a “severe threat to power supply”.
副首席部长帕万·卡利安在X平台发文称，气旋将对内洛尔、普拉卡桑、巴帕特拉和克里希纳县造成严重影响。
Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan wrote on X that the cyclone was set to have a severe impact on Nellore, Prakasam, Bapatla and Krishna districts.
贾因据印度亚洲新闻社（IANS）透露，六支国家灾害响应部队（NDRF）小分队和七支州灾害响应部队小分队已提前部署。印度亚洲新闻社（ANI）报道，其中三支国家灾害响应部队小分队从邻邦泰米尔纳德邦调派而来。
Six National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and seven State Disaster Response Force teams have been deployed in advance, Jain said, according to the IANS news agency. Three of the NDRF teams were sent from neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the ANI news agency reported.
在内洛尔县，县长希曼舒·舒克拉敦促渔民不要出海，并责令沿海地区官员坚守岗位。
In Nellore district, Collector Himanshu Shukla urged fishermen not to go to sea and ordered officials in coastal areas to remain at their posts.
据ETV Bharat报道，安得拉邦、泰米尔纳德邦和奥里萨邦的学校已停课，预计即使风暴减弱，降雨仍将持续至周三，覆盖安得拉邦、特伦甘纳邦、奥里萨邦和恰蒂斯加尔邦的部分地区。
Schools have been closed in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha with rain expected to continue over parts of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha and Chhattisgarh until Wednesday even as the storm weakens, according to ETV Bharat.
预计“穆拉苏”（Murasu）的强度将小于周三袭击同一海岸线的“阿尔纳布”（Arnab）气旋。周三的气旋已造成6人死亡，并摧毁了数十栋房屋和农作物。
Murasu is expected to be less intense than Cyclone Arnab, which struck the same coastline on Wednesday, killing six people and destroying dozens of homes and crops.