By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN
Sun October 12, 2014

New Delhi (CNN) — Six people have died in Cyclone Hudhud on Sunday, Indian authorities said. The storm, which made landfall on India’s eastern coast, has also uprooted trees and utility poles.
When the storm blew ashore, the coast was nearly emptied out. More than 200,000 people were evacuated a day before, officials said.

India’s science and technology minister, Jitendra Singh, described the cyclone as “very severe.”
Hudhud’s sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (127 miles per hour) made it a category 3 storm at landfall, CNN meteorologist Derrick Van Dam. Gusts rose to 250 kmh (155 mph).

The storm rode in at high tide, which could result in surge as high as 2 meters (7 feet).

A man, bottom jumps into the water to rescue a woman, center, who fell due to strong tidal waves on the Bay of Bengal coast at Gopalpur, Orissa, about 285 kilometers (178 miles) north east of Visakhapatnam, India, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014.  (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)

At least 100,000 residents from four districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh were moved to safer locations, such as schools and other structurally strong buildings, authorities said.

In neighboring Odisha state, another 100,000 people have also been evacuated, according to a senior emergency official.

The Indian military has mobilized its resources to areas vulnerable to Hudhud, defense officials said.
In New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed about the government’s plans to prepare for and recover from the surging storm.

CNN’s Joshua Berlinger contributed to this report

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An Indian child sits inside a plastic bucket near his house on the Bay of Bengal coast at Gopalpur, Orissa, about 285 kilometers (178 miles) north east of Visakhapatnam, India, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)

An Indian boy plays on the beach as waves break on the Bay of Bengal coast near Gopalpur, in Ganjam district, 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of Bhubaneswar, India, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)