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Bay of Bengal low expected to become a cyclone on 26 October; coastal Andhra braces for heavy rain on 27 and 28 October
The State Disaster Management Authority expects the low-pressure area formed on 23 October to reach cyclone strength on 26 October and move towards the North Andhra coast. Fishermen have been told to return.
A low-pressure area has formed over the south-east and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal, and the Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority expects it to become a cyclone by 26 October. Here is the schedule the authority has given.
23 October. The low-pressure area forms. Authority Managing Director Prakhar Jain says it is expected to strengthen into a depression on 24 October and move west-north-westwards.
24 and 25 October. Light to moderate rain in several districts. The depression is expected to become a deep depression on 25 October.
26 October. The system may become a cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal; the India Meteorological Department’s outlook puts that stage on the morning of 26 October. Moderate rain is forecast at isolated places across coastal Andhra Pradesh.
27 and 28 October. Over these two days the system is expected to move towards the North Andhra and South Odisha coasts. The authority forecasts heavy to extremely heavy rain with strong squally winds along the coast. The India Meteorological Department’s outlook for the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts runs from 27 to 29 October. The authority’s forecast gives no landfall point.
What people have been asked to do
Fishermen at sea have been told to return to the coast immediately. Citizens and farmers are asked to take precautions in advance. The State Emergency Operation Centre can be reached on 112, 1070 and 1800-425-0101.
File image: Cyclone Michaung, December 2023. Photo: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC / public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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