Bhubaneswar: Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Murasu’ lay centred over the westcentral Bay of Bengal, about 100 km east of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, at 2.30 pm on Monday, and is expected to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast near midnight, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The storm, which moved nearly northwestwards at a speed of 10 kmph during the past six hours, was centred near latitude 14.3°N and longitude 80.9°E at 1430 hours IST on November 2.
It was also located about 120 km southeast of Kavali, 160 km north-northeast of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, 160 km southeast of Ongole and 210 km south of Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
According to the IMD, the severe cyclonic storm is very likely to move northwestwards and cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur, to the south of Ongole, as a severe cyclonic storm.
The landfall is expected between 11.30 pm on Monday and 4 am on Tuesday, November 3, with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph.
The cyclone is under continuous surveillance by Doppler Weather Radars at Chennai, Machilipatnam and Visakhapatnam, the IMD said.
