Visakhapatnam airport almost submerged as Cyclone Gulab triggers heavy rain

Although Cyclone Gulab weakened into a deep depression after completing the landfall process earlier in the day, heavy rainfall in the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh caused by the storm led to severe waterlogging at the Visakhapatnam International Airport. Visuals shared by news agency ANI showed people wading through ankle-deep rainwater to enter or leave the airport. The road leading to the entrance of the airport was also seen as heavily waterlogged.

After visuals surfaced, airport director K Srinivasa Rao told ANI that the waterlogging happened after the “release of water from Meghadri Gedda Reservoir” along with heavy rainfall triggered by Cyclone Gulab. “As a precautionary measure, flight boardings were delayed for some time but are normal now,” he was quoted as saying.