<p>India’s east coast is unlikely to face the fury of cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’ which has weakened into a deep depression before reaching the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast but thousands of people living along the sea have been evacuated as a precautionary measure, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>However, a teenager was killed in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh after a tree came crashing down on him in heavy rain under the influence of the tempest.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/cyclone-jawad-bengal-govt-evacuates-thousands-in-coastal-areas-heavy-rain-likely-for-two-days-1057588.html">Cyclone Jawad: Bengal govt evacuates thousands in coastal areas; heavy rain likely for two days</a></strong></p>.<p>People of Odisha, already battered by cyclone ‘Gulab’ and ‘Yaas’ in the last one year, heaved a sigh of relief as the storm began ebbing away while still rolling over the sea.</p>.<p>There was no rain in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar and coastal districts since noon, prompting the authorities to stop the evacuation.</p>.<p>“About 1,500 people have been evacuated, including 300 pregnant women. We have stopped evacuation now,” an official said.</p>.<p>“The system is likely to hit the Puri coast (Odisha) as a deep depression after getting weakened inside the sea during its journey to the shore,” Weather Scientist US Dash of the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, said on Saturday morning.</p>.<p>However, the weatherman said in the evening that the deep depression will further weaken and Puri, where the cyclone was expected to make landfall, will witness rainfall and wind at 50-60 kmph Sunday afternoon.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>India’s east coast is unlikely to face the fury of cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’ which has weakened into a deep depression before reaching the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast but thousands of people living along the sea have been evacuated as a precautionary measure, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>However, a teenager was killed in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh after a tree came crashing down on him in heavy rain under the influence of the tempest.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/cyclone-jawad-bengal-govt-evacuates-thousands-in-coastal-areas-heavy-rain-likely-for-two-days-1057588.html">Cyclone Jawad: Bengal govt evacuates thousands in coastal areas; heavy rain likely for two days</a></strong></p>.<p>People of Odisha, already battered by cyclone ‘Gulab’ and ‘Yaas’ in the last one year, heaved a sigh of relief as the storm began ebbing away while still rolling over the sea.</p>.<p>There was no rain in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar and coastal districts since noon, prompting the authorities to stop the evacuation.</p>.<p>“About 1,500 people have been evacuated, including 300 pregnant women. We have stopped evacuation now,” an official said.</p>.<p>“The system is likely to hit the Puri coast (Odisha) as a deep depression after getting weakened inside the sea during its journey to the shore,” Weather Scientist US Dash of the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, said on Saturday morning.</p>.<p>However, the weatherman said in the evening that the deep depression will further weaken and Puri, where the cyclone was expected to make landfall, will witness rainfall and wind at 50-60 kmph Sunday afternoon.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>