Cyclone Murasu Highlights: Andhra's Prakasam on high alert; vulnerable groups shifted to safety; landfall expected by 4 am near Ongole

Cyclone Murasu Highlights: Find here all the highlights related to Cyclone Murasu As Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Murasu’ approaches the south Andhra Pradesh coast, local administrations have stepped up disaster preparedness and initiated massive evacuation drives, while weather officials indicated the system will also trigger widespread indirect rainfall across Kerala.

Prakasam District Collector P Raja Babu on Thursday said that high tides and strong winds have already begun impacting the coastline, prompting authorities to shift vulnerable communities to designated cyclone relief shelters.

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that while the cyclone is positioned off the south Andhra Pradesh coast, Keralam will likely experience widespread rainfall as an indirect impact of the weather system.

IMD Scientist Neetha K. Gopal said, “While isolated heavy rainfall is expected, most parts of Keralam will receive light to moderate rain. The rainfall activity is associated with a cyclonic circulation off the Keralam coast and the prevalence of easterly waves or a trough in the easterlies.” “Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu, currently positioned off the South Andhra Pradesh coast, is likely to have an indirect influence on rainfall over Keralam.

Once the system comes closer to the coast, crosses it, and subsequently dissipates, it will trigger an increased amount of rainfall over Keralam,” the scientist said. Clarifying the safety threat for Keralam, she added: “Consequently, widespread rainfall is expected on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Directly, no hazardous weather associated with the cyclone will be experienced over Keralam, but its indirect impact will be felt through this increased rainfall.” (ANI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday urged a visiting central team assessing the damage caused the very severe cyclonic storm Arnab, to ensure that the Centre extends immediate assistance to the southern state.

Citing preliminary estimations, the Chief Minister said Andhra Pradesh has incurred a loss of at least Rs 4,526 crore. “CM N Chandrababu Naidu urged the central team to ensure that the union government extends immediate help to Andhra Pradesh, which was devastated by Cyclone Arnab,” said an official press release, quoting the CM.

Naidu appealed to the team to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the damage and submit its recommendations to the Centre without delay. (PTI) Severe cyclonic storm ‘Murasu’ is expected to cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narasapur in the intervening night of November 2 and 3, the IMD said on Monday.

Under the influence of cyclone Murasu, the Met department forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers across several places in Andhra Pradesh. “The severe cyclonic storm Murasu is very likely to move northwestwards and cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast as a severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 100 to 110 kmph (and) gusting up to 120 kmph between Nellore and Narasapur to the south of Ongole during midnight (11.30 pm) of today to early hours (4 am) of tomorrow, November 3,” the Met department said in an official release.

By 5:30 pm today, the weather system lay centred over west-central Bay of Bengal, about 80 km east to northeast of Nellore, 80 km east to southeast of Kavali, 110 km southeast of Ongole, 140 km south of Bapatla, 170 km south to southeast of Machilipatnam, 170 km northeast of Tirupati and 190 km north to northeast of Numgambakkam in Chennai.

(PTI) In the wake of Cyclone Murasu intensifying into a severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 37 teams across five states, with primary focus on coastal Andhra Pradesh, where 13 teams have been stationed to tackle emergencies, officials said.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the cyclone is expected to cross the coast between Nellore and Narsapur around midnight, with wind speeds reaching up to 120 kmph. (PTI) Heavy rains lashed India’s eastern coastal states that braced for a second severe cyclone within a week, cancelling several flights, putting disaster response teams on alert and shifting thousands of people to safety on Monday.