The storm made landfall about 19 km (12 mi) south of Balasore, where it rapidly weakened and eventually dissipated.

[2] Tropical Cyclone 03B developed as a low-pressure area over the south-central Bay of Bengal on the morning of November 9.

After attaining peak winds of 100 mph (160 km/h), the cyclone looped slowly to the west and crossed Sriharikota in southern Andhra Pradesh on the 14th.

[2][3] The cyclone's intensification, stall and erratic movements occurred very close to the coast,[3] which resulted in prolonged torrential rain and flooding.

A storm surge of 20 ft (6.1 m) hit the nearby village of Durgarajupatnam which led to coastal inundation up to 3 km (1.9 mi) from the coast.

About 100 km (62 mi) north of Chennai, towers and electrical poles at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota island were ripped out.

[5] Villages and their residents in northern Tamil Nadu and the south Andhra Pradesh coast were left in extreme conditions.

Many AIADMK ministers from Tamil Nadu had moved to New Delhi to attend to electoral matters with the Congress when the cyclone struck.

Officials, food and other emergency supplies were rushed to four districts, including Nellore prior to the cyclone's arrival.

[6] After the disaster, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi ordered an assessment team to evaluate the damage in the affected states.