The cyclonic storm ‘Michaung’ over westcentral and southwest Bay of Bengal off south Andhra Pradesh intensified into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ on Monday afternoon, and moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 10 kmph during the last six hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), in a release on Monday evening, said.
As of 5.30 p.m., the storm lay centred over westcentral Bay of Bengal off south Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km southeast of Nellore, 120 km north-northeast of Chennai, 210 km south of Bapatla and 250 km south-southwest of Machilipatnam.
It is likely to move parallel and close to south Andhra Pradesh coast and cross the 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 to 100 kmph and gusting to 110 kmph.
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