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Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu makes landfall in AP, to weaken further

Chennai, Nov 3 (UNI) The Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu, the second successive system over the bay, crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast early on Tuesday morning and would weaken further, even as rains, barring brief showers, abated in Chennai city and adjoining North Tamil Nadu districts, with the Met office forecasting spells to continue till November 7 across the state.
In a National bulletin, the IMD said the Severe Cyclonic Storm “Murasu” over Westcentral Bay of Bengal close to south Andhra Pradesh coast moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 8 kmph during the past 6 hours, crossed the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narasapur close to Ongole during 0330 to 0530 hours with the wind speed of 100-110 kmph and gusting upto 120 kmph.
It lay centered at 0730 hours of today over south Andhra Pradesh coast, 30 km north-northeast of Ongole, about 40 km west-southwest of Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh), 90 km north of Kavali (Andhra Pradesh), 100 km south-southwest of Vijayawada, 120 km west-southwest of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 140 km north of Nellore (Andhra Pradesh).
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