India
Andhra Pradesh braces for second cyclone with 120 kmph winds
The Indian Express·
Less than a week after Cyclone Arnab, the India Meteorological Department said a system will become a severe cyclonic storm by November 2. It is forecast to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur on November 3. Winds may reach 100 to 110 km per hour, gusting to 120 km per hour. The storm will be named Murasu.
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What It Means For You
- Coastal districts from Nellore to Narsapur face very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall on November 2 and 3, with the IMD forecasting totals of 115 mm to 200 mm or more in 24 hours.
- Fishermen and residents along the south Andhra coast should track IMD bulletins as the system moves west-northwest across the Bay of Bengal.
- Schools, transport and power utilities typically revise schedules once a severe cyclonic storm nears landfall.
What's Happening
- A well-marked low over the southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression and is forecast to become a cyclonic storm on Sunday.
- Landfall is expected between Narsapur and Nellore with maximum winds around 120 km per hour.
- The Hindu reported scattered heavy to very heavy rain across Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore districts on November 1.
Bay of Bengal Storm Track
- Cyclone Arnab made landfall along the Kakinada-Narsapur coast on the night of October 27 and 28, days before this new system formed.
- The low-pressure area that became this depression formed over the south Andaman Sea on October 29.
- IMD Amaravati issued multiple bulletins on Saturday tracking the depression's west-northwest movement toward Andhra Pradesh.
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