Key Takeaways
- The Severe Cyclonic Storm Michaung is projected to hit the Andhra Pradesh coast on December 5.
- Wind speeds could reach up to 100 km/h with gusts of 110 km/h, prompting coastal warnings.
- Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected across coastal Andhra Pradesh, especially near Bapatla and Machilipatnam.
- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued multiple bulletins forecasting isolated extreme rain events in Rayalaseema.
Hyderabad: The Severe Cyclonic Storm “Michaung” (pronounced as MIGJAUM) over Westcentral & adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts moved northwestwards at 10 kmph during the past six hours.
It lay centered at 1430 hours on Monday near Latitude 13.7°N, Longitude 80.7°E, about 100 km northeast of Chennai, 120 km southeast of Nellore, 220 km north‑northeast of Puducherry, 250 km south of Bapatla and 280 km south of Machilipatnam.
It is likely to intensify gradually and move nearly northwards almost parallel and close to south Andhra Pradesh coast and cross South Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Machilipatnam, close to Bapatla during forenoon of December 5 as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a bulletin this evening.
Light to moderate rainfall at most places and heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy falls at isolated places over coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam today and tomorrow.
The IMD said ‘Exceptionally heavy rainfall’ at one or two places is also likely over south coastal Andhra Pradesh during the later part of the day and over north coastal and adjoining south coastal Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
Isolated heavy rainfall is likely over North coastal Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, the bulletin said.
Light to moderate rainfall at many places with isolated heavy to extremely heavy falls is very likely in Raylaseema today and isolated heavy rainfall tomorrow and decrease thereafter, the bulletin added.
