Severe cyclonic storm Michaung crossed south Andhra Pradesh coast close to Bapatla between 12.30 pm and 2.30 pm with maximum gales of up to 90 – 100 km per hour speed, said an Amaravati Meteorological Centre official. The weather system is likely to move northwards and weaken into a cyclonic storm in the next two hours. At many places in the affected districts of the southern state, Michaung left a trail of inundation, eroded roads, overflowing canals, swollen streams and ponds,submerging thousands of acres of fields of crops. A dozen people lost their lives in various rain-related incidents in and...