Cyclonic Storm Expected To Strike Shores Of Andhra Pradesh & Odisha On Saturday: IMD

At 8:30 a.m., a low-pressure system was forecast to pass through southern Thailand and its neighbouring countries.

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New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday warned that a cyclonic storm is expected to strike the shores of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Saturday morning.

At 8:30 a.m., a low-pressure system was forecast to pass through southern Thailand and its neighbouring countries.

It is expected to enter the Andaman Sea during the next 12 hours. 

Cyclonic storm likely to hit coasts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Saturday morning: India Meteorological Department (IMD)

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"Thereafter, it is likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression over southeast and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal by December 2 and intensify into a cyclonic storm over the central parts of the Bay of Bengal during the subsequent 24 hours," an IMD statement was quoted by PTI in its report.

Following that, it is expected to continue northwestward, develop further, and approach the shores of north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha around December 4, 2021, morning.

The Met Office projected "heavy to very heavy rainfall and extremely heavy rains" over coastal Odisha, as well as "heavy to very heavy" rainfall across neighbouring interior regions of Odisha, coastal districts of West Bengal, and north coastal Andhra Pradesh.

"It is likely that the northeastern states also experience enhanced rainfall activity on December 5-6, with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall owing to the likely northeastward movement of the remnant of the system during the same period," the statement further said.

(With inputs from PTI)