Cyclone Hudhud roared across India's eastern seaboard on Sunday leaving widespread damage to trees and buildings and killing at least six people despite a massive evacuation effort in the coastal states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu was urging India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to declare the storm a national calamity, India Today reports. The state government has not officially determined the cost of damage, but estimations are saying it could be at least Rs 10,000 crore,' or 100 billion rupees (around ?$1.632 billion U.S. dollars), The Times of India reported. According to the BBC, Hudhud brought winds of 127 mph as it passed near Visakhapatnam, uprooting hundreds of trees and bringing down power lines. The storm has since weakened but continues to deliver high winds and drenching rain.

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