IMD shares latest updates about cyclonic Storm “Murasu,” check details here

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Bhubaneswar: The Meteorological Department (IMD) today informed that the Cyclonic Storm “Murasu” over Southwest and adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with speed of 25 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centered at 1730 hours IST of today over the same region near Latitude 12.7°N and Longitude 84.1°E.

The Cyclonic storm is about 420 km east-southeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu), 490 km east-southeast of Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), 500 km southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 510 east-southeast of Kavali (Andhra Pradesh), 530 km southeast of Ongole (Andhra Pradesh) and 560 km south-southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).

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It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over Westcentral Bay of Bengal by early hours of 2nd November. Thereafter, it is very likely to move northwestwards and cross south Andhra Pradesh coast as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with wind speed of 100 to 110 kmph gusting 120 kmph between Nellore and Narsapur close to Ongole during midnight (2330 Hrs IST) of 2nd to early hours (0400 Hrs IST) of 3rd  November.

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