The three died in Andhra Pradesh state as the storm collapsed homes, uprooted trees and destroyed banana fields, Aushotosh Mishra, the provincial relief commissioner, told AFP.

He said at least six fishermen who went to sea before the cyclone hit late Monday remained missing.

The meteorological office said the storm, which had brewed in the Bay of Bengal since Sunday, had weakened but that parts of south India would see more heavy rain in the next day.

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