By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The Cyclonic Storm “Murasu”[Pronunciation: Murasu]” over Westcentral & adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with speed of 23 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centered at 2330 hours IST of yesterday, the 01st November, 2026 over the same region near Latitude 13.3°N and Longitude 83.0°E, about 300 km east of Chennai(Tamil Nadu), 350 km east-southeast of Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), 380 km south-south eastof Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 370 km east-southeast of Kavali (Andhra Pradesh), 400 km southeast of Ongole (Andhra Pradesh) and 490 km south 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 during next 03 hours.
Thereafter, it is very likelyto move northwestwards and cross south Andhra Pradesh coast as a SevereCyclonic Storm with wind speed of 100 to 110 kmph gusting 120 kmph betweenNellore and Narsapur close to Ongole during midnight (2330 Hrs IST) of 2nd toearly hours (0400 Hrs IST) of 3rd November, 2026.
