Cyclone ‘Murasu’: Telangana issues orange alert for 6 districts amid heavy rainfall warning Nov 2 | Today’s news
Cyclonic storm ‘Murasu’ is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by Monday morning (November 2) and is expected to cross the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh between Nellore and Narsapur around midnight on November 2, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The weather system looming over the Bay of Bengal comes days after Cyclone Arnab made landfall near Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on October 28.
The storm is likely to move towards west-central Bay of Bengal and may bring rain to Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
Cyclone ‘Murasu’ (War Drum), named by India, “is set to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm and make landfall over the Andhra Pradesh coast with winds of 100 to 110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph between Nellore and Narsapur by the morning of November 3,” the IMD said in its latest bulletin.
Telangana Rainfall Alert: Check Full Forecast
The meteorological center in Hyderabad has issued an orange and yellow warning for several districts in the southern region on November 2.
Orange alert for heavy rain has been issued for isolated places in Telangana’s Khammam, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool and Wanaparthy districts.
A yellow alert has been issued for Jangaon, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Rangareddy, Hyderabad and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts in Telangana.
Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds of 30-40 kmph are very likely at isolated places in Khammam, Nalgonda, Siddipet, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Medchal-Malkajigiri, Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Hanakonda Mahababuy, Jangaon, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Medak, Kamareddy, Narayanpet and Jogulamba. Gadwal Districts of Telangana.
Odisha has been put on high alert prompting the state government to increase preparedness in the state.
Bhubaneswar Meteorological Center Director Manorama Mohanty said that Odisha will receive rainfall from November 2, while the intensity of rain is expected to increase on November 3 and 4 under the influence of a cyclone.
IMD predicts heavy rainfall | Full Weather Alert
The IMD said on Saturday that under the influence of the system, isolated extremely heavy rainfall is likely over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam on November 2, followed by isolated very heavy rainfall on November 3. Isolated very heavy rainfall is also likely over Rayalaseema on November 2-3 and Odisha on November 3-4, 2026.
Isolated heavy rainfall is likely over Arunachal Pradesh on November 1 and 2. The IMD also predicted isolated heavy rainfall over parts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal and Telangana on November 2 and 3; in Kerala and Mahe from November 1 to 4; and over coastal and northern inland Karnataka on 3 November.
