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Cyclone Michaung Threatens Andhra Coast: PM Modi Contacts CM Jagan Reddy, Promises Support

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert for Cyclone ‘Michaung,’ gaining strength over the Bay of Bengal and South Andaman Sea. It is expected to make landfall between Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore and Machilipatnam on Tuesday with winds reaching up to 100 kmph.

PM Modi assured Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy of assistance and instructed officials to be prepared. The Puducherry government declared a holiday for colleges, and response teams in various states are on standby. Over 100 State Disaster Response Team members have reached Tamil Nadu’s Kanchipuram district.

Trains canceled in Tamil Nadu

The Southern Railway canceled 118 trains in Tamil Nadu from December 3 to 6. Sunanda, MD of Visakhapatnam Cyclone Warning Centre, stated the depression’s current position and its expected movement towards Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu coasts.

cyclone’s northwestward movement

S Balachandran, Deputy-Director General of Meteorology, Chennai, emphasized the cyclone’s northwestward movement, reaching the west-central Bay on December 4, moving parallel to the coast, and making landfall between Nellore and Machilipatnam on December 5.

Heavy rainfall till December 6

Heavy rainfall is predicted in north coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha till December 6. Fishermen are advised to stay off certain coasts, and those at sea are asked to return within 12 hours.

Priyanka Rai

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