International Weather: Cyclone Murasu Targets Andhra Pradesh Coast With 120 km/h Gusts
Forecasters warn of 100-110 km/h winds, a one-metre storm surge and very heavy rain as officials order evacuations and suspend fishing.
- On Tuesday morning, Cyclonic Storm Murasu is forecast to make landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur as a severe cyclonic storm with sustained winds reaching 110 kmph.
- Andhra Pradesh remains in recovery mode after Cyclone Arnab struck the coast on October 28, killing five people and submerging crops across more than 3.5 lakh hectares of land.
- Authorities placed five districts—Nellore, Prakasam, Guntur, Bapatla, and Krishna—on red alert for Monday, while the state government prepared 1,688 medical teams and 116 relief camps.
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu cancelled his Monday Delhi visit to oversee relief efforts and directed officials to evacuate vulnerable residents from low-lying and hilly areas.
- Southern Odisha is also bracing for heavy rainfall, with State Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari identifying 150 landslide-prone locations in Gajapati district ahead of the storm.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Cyclonic storm 'Murasu', which originated in the Bay of Bengal, is rapidly moving towards the coast of Andhra Pradesh. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), it has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm. Winds are expected to reach 100 to 110 kilometers per hour when it makes landfall, with gusts up to 120 kilometers per hour. An alert has been issued in coastal areas in view of the storm's thr…
About 30,000 people are planned to be evacuated from vulnerable areas in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh due to the approaching cyclone Murasu. About 2,000 people have already been moved to safer places and the operation is ongoing. “Around 2,000 people have been evacuated and the process is ongoing. We are planning to evacuate about 30,000 people,” Prakar Jain, managing director of the Andhra Pradesh Disaster Management Authority, told Reute…
Andhra braces for second cyclone in less than a week as ‘Murasu’ to make landfall on Nov 3
The national weather agency said the latest cyclone in Bay of Bengal, named Murasu, is forecast to make landfall between Nellore and Narsapur in Andhra Pradesh in the early hours on Tuesday
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