Orange alert in 3 districts

Hyderabad: The fast-approaching Cyclone Murasu is very likely to move north westwards and cross south Andhra Pradesh coast as a severe cyclonic storm with wind speed of 100 to 110 kmph, gusting up to 120 kmph, between Nellore and Narsapur, to the south of Ongole, between midnight on Monday and the early hours of Tuesday, according to weather authorities.

According to the national bulletin 13 issued by the Indian Meteorological Department, the severe cyclonic storm ‘Murasu’ over West central and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-north westwards with a speed of 22 kmph during past six hours and lay centered at 8.30 am on Monday, over the West central Bay of Bengal near Latitude 14.1°N and Longitude 81.4°E, about 160 km east-southeast of Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), 180 km northeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu), 180 km east-southeast of Kavali (Andhra Pradesh), 210 km southeast of Ongole (Andhra Pradesh) and 240 km south of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh).

Due to the effect of Cyclone Murasu, the temperatures in many parts of the state came down on Monday.

Meanwhile, the IMD issued a warning with an orange alert stating heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Nalgonda, Suryapet, and Nagarkurnool districts on Tuesday and a red alert on Wednesday stating heavy to very heavy with isolated extremely heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Nalgonda and Nagarkurnool districts. The temperatures, which were hovering around 30°C to 31°C during the last few days, have now come down to 27°C to 29°C in the state. Similarly, the IMD issued an orange alert stating heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places in Suryapet, Mahabubnagar, Wanaparthy districts.

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