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Leher: Met warns of extensive damage
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Leher: Met Warns of Extensive Damage, Yellow Message, Leher Cyclone. The AP coast is facing the threat of another major cyclonic storm in less than a week’s time. Army and Railway authorities have also been put on alerted following the IMD warning.
• Issues ‘yellow message’ over the Cyclonic storm
• Storm crosses Andaman & Nicobar on Monday
• May cross AP coast near Kakinada on Nov 28 noon
• Gale winds with a speed of up to 170-180 kmph likely
• All nine Coastal districts put on high alert
• State urges Centre to deploy Army, choppers
Hyderabad: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a “yellow message” to the State as the Leher cyclone (tide) over south-east Bay of Bengal is centred 1,200 km east-southeast off Machilipatnam, 1,140 km east-southeast off Kakinada and 1,060 km southeast off Kalingapatna
The AP coast is facing the threat of another major cyclonic storm in less than a week’s time. Army and Railway authorities have also been put on alerted following the IMD warning.
The Defence Ministry has also been urged to provide helicopters to assist the state to carry out rescue operations as the Met office has warned that the cyclone may cause extensive damage to houses, disruption of power and communication line, rail and road traffic. It may also cause extensive damage to agricultural crops. The IMD has advised fishermen out at sea along and off Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coast to return.
All the nine coastal districts have been put on alert. Special officers have been nominated for the all coastal districts. Coast guard, coastal security wing, Marine police and also SPs have been asked to be on alert and assist the district administration. Collectors of the respective districts were directed to declare holidays for schools in the event of heavy rainfall.
Specialized teams of emergency and fire services department trained in disaster management (DM) will be kept stand by to meet any eventuality.
The severe cyclonic storm crossed Andaman and Nicobar Islands near Port Blair early Monday.
"The system would intensify further gradually into a very severe cyclonic storm and would move west-northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam near Kakinada around November 28 (Thursday) noon," said an IMD bulletin issued Monday afternoon. Moderate rainfall at many places would commence from Wednesday afternoon over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal Odisha. The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy falls at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls over north coastal Andhra Pradesh on Thursdaay.
Squally winds speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph would commence along and off Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts from Wednesday.
It would increase in intensity with gale wind speed reaching 170-180 kmph gusting to 200 kmph along and off coastal districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining south coastal Andhra Pradesh at the time of landfall.
District collectors are informed to ensure adequate stocks of essential commodities like rice and kerosene in all vulnerable villages.
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