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This paper is an attempt to analyze the cyclone vulnerability and risk analysis for the north-coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh using an integrating disaster management approach. It is used to examine an expected casualty rate by considering prone area inundated due to the cyclone Hudhud for a wind speed of 190 kmph from outputs of storm surge, and also number of existing cyclone shelters as inputs. The results indicate that out of 470 villages in 4 north-coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, the affected villages due to cyclone Hudhud are 237. According to analysis of vulnerability at risk, affected villages categorized into 4 classes as, low, medium, high and very high respectively. In the four north coastal districts, out of the total affected people, more than 10% of rural is at risk and 4.3% of urban is at high risk. Further, the findings show that the existing cyclone shelters (370) can accommodate only 6.7% of rural at risk and hence safe places shall be identified for the remaining 93.3% of rural is at risk. This analysis enables the officials involved in disaster management and rescue operations to concentrate on the identified affected villages of population at risk and also to identify safe places for evacuation during cyclone Hudhud.