Cyclone Gulab | Extremely heavy rain forecast at few places in north Andhra Pradesh
The Hindu
Fishermen advised not to venture into sea.
The cyclonic storm ‘Gulab’ over northwest and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal, moved nearly westwards with a speed of 10 km/hr in the last six hours and lay centered over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal about 270 km east-southeast of Gopalpur (Odisha) and 330 km east of Kalingapatnam(Andhra Pradesh) at 5.30 a.m. on Sunday.
It is likely to move nearly westwards and cross north Andhra Pradesh – South Odisha coasts between Kalingapatnam and Goplapur around midnight of Sunday, September 26, as a cyclonic storm with maximum sustained wind speed of 75 to 85 km/hr, gusting to 95 km/hr, according to a bulletin issued by the Cyclone Warning Centre (CWC), Visakhapatnam.
Under the influence of the system, extremely heavy rainfall at one or two places is very likely over Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts till Monday morning. Heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places is very likely over East Godavari and West Godavari district and Yanam and heavy rainfall is very likely at one or two places over south coastal Andhra Pradesh till Monday morning.