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Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu crossed the south Andhra coast near Ongole early on 3 November with 100–110 km/h winds, gusting to 120. Thousands of trees and hundreds of poles fell in Prakasam and Bapatla, boats were wrecked and crops flooded. No deaths are reported; about 30,000 people were moved.
Amita Sahani5 min
Cyclonic Storm Murasu is forecast to become a severe cyclonic storm on Monday and cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur from about 11:30 pm on 2 November to 4 am on 3 November, with winds of 100 to 110 km/h. A red alert is out for coastal Andhra; Odisha is on alert.
Amita Sahani3 min
IMD's 2:50 am bulletin on 1 November says the depression will become a cyclonic storm, then a severe one, and cross the south Andhra coast between Nellore and Narsapur on the morning of 3 November with winds of 100 to 110 km/h. Fishermen are warned off; it will be named Murasu if it strengthens.
Subhash Gupta3 min
The IMD said on 31 October that a well-marked low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea will likely become a depression within 12 hours and come close to the Andhra Pradesh coast by the evening of 2 November. Coastal residents are asked to stay alert.
Reyaansh Agarawal3 min
Cyclone Arnab's remnants and a western disturbance keep the weather unsettled. The IMD warns of heavy to very heavy rain in Bihar, east UP and West Bengal on Friday and thunderstorms with hail and gusts to 70 km/h in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab. A new low-pressure area is forming over the Andaman Sea.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
Very severe cyclonic storm Arnab began crossing the Andhra Pradesh coast between Yanam and Kakinada early on Wednesday, with winds of 125 to 135 kmph and gusts up to 150 kmph. About 84,000 people were moved to shelters in Andhra Pradesh and 48,000 in Odisha. One death was reported on Tuesday.
Amita Sahani4 min
Delhi's minimum fell to about 16.2 to 17 degrees Celsius, the lowest of the season, after rain, hail and winds across Delhi, Punjab and Haryana. Minimums of 15 to 17 degrees and more light rain are expected on 29 and 30 October, and the winter pollution plan starts on 1 November.
Prateek Rawat4 min
Andhra Pradesh has identified about 5.7 lakh people as vulnerable to Cyclone Arnab and began evacuations on Monday evening. Beaches are shut, coastal road traffic stops from Tuesday afternoon, and 1,763 shelters are ready. Landfall is expected between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam on Wednesday forenoon.
Subhash Gupta4 min
Cyclone Arnab is forecast to strengthen into a very severe cyclonic storm and cross the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam on 28 October, with winds of 115 to 125 kmph and gusts up to 140 kmph. Red alerts are in force in Andhra Pradesh and six districts of Odisha.
Amita Sahani4 min
Odisha has closed schools, colleges and Anganwadi centres in Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri on 28 and 29 October. A system over the Bay of Bengal is forecast to become a cyclonic storm and cross the coast between north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha on the morning of 28 October.
Prateek Rawat4 min
The IMD has an orange alert for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, with rain of 11 to 20 cm possible in the south. Schools are shut in five Tamil Nadu districts and all of Puducherry, and a fresh low-pressure area could form in the Bay of Bengal around 23 October.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
A low-pressure area formed off the Tamil Nadu coast early on Wednesday, and Chennai saw up to 15 cm of rain overnight. Schools are shut in four districts, 27 districts are under warning, and the department expects more rain through Friday.
Prateek Rawat4 min
