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Cyclone alert in north coastal Andhra region
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Cyclone alert in north coastal Andhra region
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Amaravati, Dec 2 (TIWN) The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday sounded an alert in view of the cyclone threat to north coastal Andhra region.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the cyclonic storm is likely to form over central Bay of Bengal on December 3.  According to IMD, the cyclonic storm likely to move northwestwards, intensify further and reach near north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts around December 4 morning. Cyclone Jawad May Hit Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on December 4, Says IMD.  It has forecast light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy rainfall at isolated places over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal Odisha from evening of December 4.  Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy falls at isolated places very likely over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and coastal Odisha, it said.  Gale winds speed reaching 65-75 kmph gusting up to 85 kmph likely to prevail over central Bay of Bengal from the early morning of December 3 and gradually increase becoming 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal from the morning of December 4 for the subsequent 24 hours.

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