Cyclone ‘Murasu’ drums up fresh worry for Andhra after Arnab; red alert sounded in five districts
Cyclone Murasu is likely to cross the coast between Nellore and Narsapur on the night of November 2-3 as a severe cyclonic storm
Coastal regions of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are bracing for heavy rainfall between November 1 and 3, as a new cyclone is set to develop in the Bay of Bengal. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) issued a warning on Sunday, noting that a depression in the Southeast Bay of Bengal had intensified into a deep depression. Initially located 700 km southeast of Chennai, 770 km southeast of Vishakhapatnam, and 810 km southeast of Ongole, the deep depression continued to move west-northwestward at 23 kmph.
By the following day, the weather panel forecasted that the deep depression would intensify into a cyclonic storm over the Southwest and West-central Bay of Bengal. It was predicted that the cyclone would move northwestward and make landfall on the south Andhra Pradesh coast as a severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of 100 to 110 km per hour, gusting up to 120 kmph, between Nellore and Narsapur on November 3.
The RMC further warned of light to moderate rainfall in parts of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, with very heavy rainfall at isolated locations expected on November 2 and 3. Sea conditions were forecasted to be very rough, deteriorating by the forenoon of November 1. Fishermen were advised against venturing into the sea during this period due to the impending cyclone formation.
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