Cyclone Lehar puts Andhra Pradesh on high alert, 30 NDRF teams to be deployed:-
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Andhra Pradesh is on a high alert for the very severe cyclonic storm 'Lehar', which is expected to cross the coast around November 28 noon.
The very severe cyclonic storm over southeast Bay of Bengal moved westwards with a speed of 15 kmph in the past six hours and lay centered at 1130 hours Tuesday, about 920 km east-southeast of Kakinada in coastal Andra, an official bulletin said Hyderabad.
The system would intensify further and move west-northwestwards and cross Andhra coast between Machilipatnam and Visakhapatnam around November 28 noon, it said.
Under the influence of the system, moderate rainfall at many places would commence from November 27 afternoon over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal Odisha.
Its intensity would gradually increase with rainfall being witnessed at most places and heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places. Isolated extremely heavy falls would occur over north coastal Andhra Pradesh on November 28.
Squally winds, with speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 k mph, would commence along and off Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts from November 27 evening.
Andhra Pradesh government has decided to deploy 30 teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for rescue and relief operations in the coastal districts.
The very severe cyclonic storm over southeast Bay of Bengal moved westwards with a speed of 15 kmph in the past six hours and lay centered at 1130 hours Tuesday, about 920 km east-southeast of Kakinada in coastal Andra, an official bulletin said Hyderabad.
The system would intensify further and move west-northwestwards and cross Andhra coast between Machilipatnam and Visakhapatnam around November 28 noon, it said.
Under the influence of the system, moderate rainfall at many places would commence from November 27 afternoon over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal Odisha.
Its intensity would gradually increase with rainfall being witnessed at most places and heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places. Isolated extremely heavy falls would occur over north coastal Andhra Pradesh on November 28.
Squally winds, with speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 k mph, would commence along and off Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts from November 27 evening.
Andhra Pradesh government has decided to deploy 30 teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for rescue and relief operations in the coastal districts.
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