Cyclone HUDHUD

Victor and all children are safe.
I have had this email from Victor today, Tuesday 14th October 

 I am using Supriya’s mobile hotspot connection for typing this email as my phone does not have connection. We do not have electricity for last 3 days, I am renting mobile generators at all homes for charging inverters and pumping water for the homes, and using a lot of fuel for doing this. People are selling more rates everything due to things not available, example litre 75 Rs, now they are selling for 100 Rs, same thing like milk, food items, vegetables. etc,  

We have nearly 3 lakhs (£3067) rupees roughly damage in all homes  I have estimated. Shanti Nivas toilets bathrooms roof sheets blew off , trees nearly 50 fallen so we have to cut them and make them pieces for firewood , clearing electrical wires, poles,  I am also going to cut rainbow home big tree as branches fallen on the shops, 

 Please start emergency appeal for the children homes Please you also start in your blog and appeal to people .

It is estimated 60,000 thousands crores properties damaged in Vizakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts ( counties)  where Brighter Future works in 5 leprosy colonies, has five children’s homes and a hospice.  

People of 80 years are saying they have never seen this kind of cyclone in their lifetime. This is the biggest disaster happened in this 3 districts in the last 100 years., Nearly 15000 trees fell, communications, transportations, electrical , all aspects affected,  

Thank you Manyaji for your prayers 

Will send photos once communication is recovered 

In my experience Victor is inclined to underestimate so I should think the children's homes damage will be about £4500! The fuel to run the generators is increasing all the time as kerosene cannot be delivered  to the petrol stations because  roads are blocked by fallen trees, metal hoardings, cement poles and  power lines. There is no electricity to work the pumps and using generators increases the overheads to the petrol bunk. 

There has also been cyclone damage on the 5 leprosy colonies supported by Brighter Future. 

Have a look at Times of India online edition for pictures of Visakhapatnam town damage.