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Cyclone Murasu: South Odisha coast on alert as winds may reach 70 kmph

Bhubaneswar, Nov 2 (UNI) With severe cyclonic storm Murasu moving towards the south Andhra Pradesh coast, south Odisha is likely to experience strong winds and rough sea conditions over the next two days, the Bhubaneswar Regional Centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned on Monday.
Squally winds reaching 40-50 kmph, with gusts up to 60 kmph, are likely along the south Odisha coast and adjoining areas from Monday morning. Wind speeds are expected to intensify to 50-60 kmph, gusting up to 70 kmph, from Monday evening until Tuesday noon before gradually weakening.
The sea along the south Odisha coast and adjoining areas of the northwest Bay of Bengal is likely to remain rough to very rough from Monday evening until Tuesday morning. Rough sea conditions are expected to persist until Tuesday evening, after which the situation is likely to improve.
The IMD has advised fishermen not to venture into the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining sea areas along the south Odisha coast from Monday evening until Wednesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, severe cyclonic storm Murasu, over the west-central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal, moved northwestwards at 22 kmph during the past six hours and lay centred about 160 km east-southeast of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh at 8.30 am on Monday.
The storm is very likely to move northwestwards and cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between 11.30 pm on Monday and 4 am on Tuesday, passing south of Ongole and between Nellore and Narsapur. It is likely to cross the coast with maximum sustained wind speeds of 100-110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph.
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