Key Points
Packing winds of up to 100 kmph, the cyclone is likely to bring heavy rain and strong winds to the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu...
In preparation for the cyclone's impact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached out to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Reddy, offering the central government's full support in relief and rescue efforts..
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the deep depression over the Southwest Bay of Bengal has moved west-northwestwards, 520 kilometres southeast of Nellore, 620 kilometres south-southeast of Bapatla, and 620 kilometres south-southeast of Machilipatnam, at a speed of 7 kilometres per hour as of 5.30 p.m. on Saturday..
Sunanda, the Managing Director of Visakhapatnam Cyclone Warning Centre, told India Today, The deep depression over Southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 18 kmph during the past 6 hours and lay centred on December 2, 2023, over the same region near Latitude 10.6N and Longitude 83.6E, about 440 km east-southeast of Puducherry, 450 km east-southeast of Chennai, 580 km south-southeast of Nellore, 670 km south-southeast of Bapatla and 670 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam...
"Thereafter, it would move nearly northwards, almost parallel and close to the south Andhra Pradesh coasts and cross the south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Nellore and Machilipatnam during the forenoon of December 5 as a cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 80-90 kmph, gusting to 100 kmph," she said further...
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