Telangana, Rayalaseema Rain: IMD Flags Extremely Heavy Falls on 3 Nov

Telangana and Rayalaseema face isolated extremely heavy rain on Tuesday, 3 November, as Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu crosses the south Andhra Pradesh coast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its all-India bulletin issued at 1:16 pm on 2 November. The IMD has also warned of a low to moderate flash flood risk in parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema until 11:30 am on 3 November.

Telangana Gets Thundersquall Winds

For Telangana, the IMD forecast isolated extremely heavy rain on 3 November, with a thundersquall of 50-60 km/h gusting to 70 km/h. Rayalaseema is under a similar warning for 2 and 3 November, with winds of 70-80 km/h gusting to 90 km/h. Strong surface winds are likely over Rayalaseema until 4 November.

Flash Flood Watch for 12 Districts

The flash flood risk covers Anakapalli, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Bapatla, Prakasam, Krishna, Guntur, SPSR Nellore and Palnadu in coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Tirupati, YSR Kadapa and Annamayya in Rayalaseema. On the coast, the IMD expected squally winds of 50-60 km/h turning to gale force, with gusts of 100-120 km/h, by the night of 2 November, and a storm surge of 1.5-2.0 m above the astronomical tide over Bapatla, Krishna and Prakasam.

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Fishermen have been told not to venture off Andhra Pradesh from the morning of 2 November to the afternoon of 4 November. In the west-central Bay of Bengal, the IMD expects winds to fall to 70-80 km/h by the morning of 3 November and to 45-55 km/h by the morning of 4 November.

Chennai Recorded 9 to 10 cm in a Day

In the 24 hours to 8:30 am on 2 November, Chennai and Ayanavaram recorded 9 cm each, and Ennore in Tiruvallur 10 cm, according to the IMD. Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal are forecast to get isolated to scattered rain from 2 to 8 November.

IPB’s live-style coverage of the storm is on the Cyclone Murasu landfall page, with the school closures reported here.

Source: IMD all-India weather bulletin. Also based on reporting by ANI.

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