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Cyclone Arnab: Heavy rain forecast in four Telangana districts
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IMD Hyderabad issues an Orange Alert for Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, and Mahabubabad as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Arnab prepares for landfall.
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Heavy rain forecast in four TG districts
Hyderabad: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in four districts of Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam and Mahabubabad and issued an orange alert for these districts, even as the Arnab cyclone is expected to make a landfall on Wednesday.
Officials at the IMD, Hyderabad said thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds of 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph are very likely to occur at isolated places in Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Mahabubabad, Warangal and Hanamkonda districts.
Similarly, heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Suryapet, Warangal, Hanamkonda districts. Thunderstorms accompanied with lightning and gusty winds of 30-40 kmph are very likely to occur at isolated places in the remaining districts, the forecast said.
According to the IMD bulletin, the very severe cyclonic storm “Arnab” over West Central Bay of Bengal moved nearly west north westwards with a speed of 20 kmph during the past 12 hours, and lay centered at 0830 hours on Tuesday over the same region near latitude 16.0°N and longitude 84.3°E, 220 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam, 240 km east-southeast of Kakinada, 340 km east-southeast of Machilipatnam, 370 km south of Gopalpur (Odisha), 410 km east of Bapatla and 1030 km west-northwest of Sri Vijaya Puram (Andaman Islands).
