Cyclonic storm in Bay of Bengal may hit Andhra Pradesh coast
The system is expected to make landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coastline on the morning of November 3.
A depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and reach the Andhra Pradesh coast around November 3, according to reports from Outlook, Hindustan Times and Deccan Herald.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said the system is expected to make landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coastline in the early hours of November 3.
The IMD stated the system is likely to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur as a severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of 100-110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph.
If the storm fully develops, it will be named Murasu, a name proposed by India.
As of 5.30 pm on October 31, the system was centred over the southeast Bay of Bengal, approximately 960 km east-southeast of Chennai and 980 km southeast of Visakhapatnam.
The IMD forecast isolated spells of extremely heavy rainfall over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam and Rayalaseema on November 2 and November 3.
Manorama Mohanty, director of the meteorological centre in Bhubaneswar, said the department is monitoring the system's progress.