Murasu crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast early on November 3, days after Cyclone Arnab, before weakening into a depression over coastal Andhra Pradesh and east Telangana.

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• Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu made landfall near Ongole in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district in the early hours of November 3.
• Landfall took place between 3:30 am and 5:30 am, with sustained winds of 100-110 kmph and gusts reaching 120 kmph, according to the India Meteorological Department.
• The storm weakened into a cyclonic storm over south coastal Andhra Pradesh by afternoon and into a deep depression by midnight.
• By 5:30 am on November 4 it had become a depression centred about 30 km northwest of Nandigama, and IMD expects it to weaken into a well-marked low pressure area within 12 hours.
• Prakasam, Bapatla, Krishna, West Godavari and East Godavari districts bore the brunt, with trees and electricity poles uprooted and power, road and public transport disrupted.
• At least two people were reportedly killed, 312 houses were damaged and 12,230 people were moved to rehabilitation centres, according to preliminary figures from the State Disaster Management Authority.
• Preliminary losses are put at around Rs 344 crore, with standing crops damaged across 52,459 hectares.
• Naguluppalapadu mandal in Prakasam recorded the district's highest rainfall at 22.8 cm.
• Ten gates of Prakasam Barrage were raised by one foot to release 7,250 cusecs of water into the sea, and 776 of 814 monitored minor irrigation tanks were placed on high alert.
• Murasu followed Cyclone Arnab, which crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts on October 28 and left seven dead.
• Three National Disaster Response Force teams were sent from Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh before landfall.
• Odisha largely escaped severe impact, with southern districts receiving light rainfall, and the state had deployed four IAS officers in Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal for preparedness.