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The Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Murasu’ was positioned over the westcentral Bay of Bengal, approximately 100 km east of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, at 2.30 pm on Monday, and is anticipated to make landfall along the south Andhra Pradesh coast around midnight, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The storm, which progressed almost northwestward at a pace of 10 kmph over the last six hours, was located around latitude 14.3°N and longitude 80.9°E at 1430 hours IST on November 2.
It was situated roughly 120 km southeast of Kavali, 160 km north-northeast of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, 160 km southeast of Ongole, and 210 km south of Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
As per the IMD, the intense cyclonic storm is highly probable to shift northwestward and make landfall on the southern Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur, south of Ongole, as a severe cyclonic storm.
The expected landfall is between 11:30 pm on Monday and 4 am on Tuesday, November 3, featuring wind speeds of 100-110 km/h, with gusts reaching 120 km/h.
The IMD stated that Doppler Weather Radars in Chennai, Machilipatnam, and Visakhapatnam are constantly monitoring the cyclone.
