After ‘Arnab’, Andhra Pradesh may face another severe cyclonic storm
The depression over Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by November 2; landfall is expected between Narsapur and Nellore on November 3, with maximum wind speed of 120 kmph
Following the devastation left by Cyclone Arnab, weather experts have raised alarms that Andhra Pradesh could experience yet another severe cyclonic storm in the coming week. A weather system over the Andaman Sea is projected to strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm by November 2. On October 29, a low-pressure area emerged over the south Andaman Sea, just a day after Cyclone Arnab's landfall along the Kakinada-Narsapur coast.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported on Saturday that this low-pressure system had evolved into a well-defined low-pressure system over the Southeast Bay of Bengal and surrounding areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Bay of Bengal. Moving west-northwestwards, the system consolidated into a depression by 11:30 a.m. and by 5:30 p.m., centered over the southeast Bay of Bengal approximately 960 km east-southeast of Chennai, 980 km southeast of Vishakhapatnam, 1,030 km southeast of Machilipatnam, and 1,080 km east-southeast of Ongole.
The system might continue to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a deep depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal by midnight, a cyclonic storm over the southwest and west-central Bay of Bengal by Sunday, and further into a severe cyclonic storm by November 2. Landfall is anticipated early on November 3 between Narsapur and Nellore along the Andhra Pradesh coast, with maximum wind speeds reaching 120 kmph.
Central Andhra Pradesh is expected to be impacted, according to the bulletin. The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) predicts scattered moderate to heavy rainfall in several districts, including Krishna, Guntur, Bapatla, Prakasam, Markapuram, and Nellore, from November 1, and scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall in Eluru, West Godavari, NTR, Krishna, Guntur, Bapatla, Palnadu, Prakasam, Markapuram, Nellore, and Tirupati from November 2.
Sea conditions are expected to remain rough from November 1, deteriorating on November 2. Squally winds, ranging from 40 kmph to 50 kmph with gusts up to 60 kmph, are likely along and off the coasts of Andhra Pradesh, North Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry from November 1, intensifying further on November 2. Fishermen are advised to stay off the coast from November 2 to 4.
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