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Rains started in Chennai, Northern dists, Cyclonic storm set to intensify

Chennai, Nov 1 (UNI) Several parts of Chennai and Northern districts received heavy rains since tonight, reviving the Northeast monsoon activity as the Cyclonic Storm "Murasu", moved closer to the coast and is set to drift towards the Andhra Pradesh, intensify further as Severe Cyclonic storm and cross the coast early on November three, before weakening, even as the Tamil Nadu government geared up its machinery in districts where heavy spells are expected for the next two days.
In a National Bulletin issued as Cyclone Warning for Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu coasts with Red Message (very heavy to extremely heavy rains in excess of 20 cms), the IMD said
the Cyclonic Storm over Southwest and adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 25 kmph during the past 6 hours.
It lay centered at 1730 hours today over the same region about 420 km east-southeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu), 490 km east-southeast of Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), 500 km southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 510 east-southeast of Kavali (Andhra Pradesh), 530 km southeast of Ongole (Andhra Pradesh) and 560 km south-southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over Westcentral Bay of Bengal by early hours of tomorrow. Thereafter, it is very likely to move northwestwards and cross south Andhra Pradesh coast as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with wind speed of 100 to 110 kmph and gusting upto 120 kmph between Nellore and Narsapur close to Ongole during midnight (2330 Hrs IST) and early hours (0400 Hrs IST) of 3rd November, 2026.
Meamwhile, as forecasted by the Met office, several parts of Chennai city started experiencing heavy rains and the spell was likely to intensify further late tonight and becoming more severe tomorrow in line with then Red alaert issued.
The Tamil Nadu government, acting swiftly, has directed all the district collectors where the rains are said to be heavy, to put in place all precautionary measures to tackle thke Cyclone fury as it moved towards the state coast and expected to drift towards the AP coast where it would make a landfall.
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