Vizag Airport terminal roof after the cyclone
On 12th October 2014, a very severe cyclonic storm Hudhud made landfall in the coast of Andhra Pradesh over Visakhapatnam. During landfall, the cyclone had a maximum sustained wind speed of 180 kmph. The cyclone also caused heavy rainfall with strong gale winds leading to large scale structural damage over Visakhapatnam and along the cost of Northern Andhra Pradesh and adjoining Orissa.