The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a cylone alert for the north coastal Andhra Pradesh, south Odisha. A release from the the IMD on Wednesday said, the deep depression over north Andaman Sea and neighbourhood has moved west-northwestward. It has intensified into a Cyclonic Storm Hudhud and lay centered over north Andaman Sea near latitude 12.3oN and longitude 92.9oE, close to Long Island at 8.30 am of October 08, 2014. The release further says that the the deep depression is now crossing Andaman and Nicobar Islands close to Long Island. Thereafter, the system would continue to move west-northwestwards and intensify further into a severe cyclonic storm during next 24 hours and subsequently into a very severe cyclonic storm during subsequent 36 hours. The system would cross north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coast between Visakhapatnam and Goplapur around noon of October 12, 2014. It (deep depression) will intensify into a cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours. It would cross Andaman and Nicobar Islands close to Long Island within a few hours. Thereafter, the system would continue to move west-northwestwards towards north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast during 96 hours, the Meteorological Departments bulletin said. The gusting speed would be 85 kmph as soon as the deep depression takes the shape of cyclonic storm later during the day. The wind speed would remain at about 90 kmph all along the day and it would continue till Thursday. However, the cyclonic storm would further intensify and take the form of severe cyclonic storm Thursday with gusting speed of 110 kmph. On October 10, the severe cyclonic storm will take the form of very severe cyclonic storm with gusting upto 125 kmph on October 10, it said. The very severe cyclonic storm condition would continue till October 12 when the maximum speed could reach 145 kmph. However, the wind speed would come down to 100 kmph and the system would take the form of a cyclonic storm on October 13, it said. The IMD is yet to make clear the place of the landfall so far. Fishermen have been advised not to venture into sea along and off Andaman and Nicobar Islands during next 48 hours. Read more at: indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cyclone-hud-hud-alert-for-north-coastal-andhra-pradesh-south-odisha/1/394703.html
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:24:15 +0000
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