Rain Lashes Parts Of Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada As Cyclone Asani Nears
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IMD officials had said that cyclone Asani has changed its direction and is going to touch the nearby Kakinada coast. After touching the Kakinada coast, it will come again to sea between Kakinada and Visakhapatnam.
As cyclone Asani approaches the Andhra coastline, rain lashed parts of Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada district this morning.
On Tuesday, Odisha Special Relief Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Jena said that cyclone Asani is likely to reach Kakinada on the Andhra coast on Wednesday morning.
"The cyclonic storm Asani is moving from West Central Bay of Bengal towards North Andhra coast and as per estimation, the cyclone is likely to reach Kakinada of Andhra coast tomorrow morning," Mr Jena had told news agency ANI.
Another senior Indian Meteorological Department or IMD official told ANI that a heavy to very heavy rainfall warning has been issued along with the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh in the wake of cyclone Asani.
