Cyclone Murasu ka landfall shuru: raat 1 baje Ongole ke paas aankh tat se takraayi, 110 kmph tak hawa; CM Naidu ne kaha — jaan bachaana sabse badi praathmikta
IMD ke mutabik 'severe cyclonic storm' Murasu ka landfall Mangalvaar raat 1 baje Prakasam zile mein Ongole ke paas shuru hua. Subah tak 100-110 kmph hawa aur 1-1.5 metre storm surge ki chetavani.
Bay of Bengal se utha Cyclone Murasu Mangalvaar tadke dakshin Andhra Pradesh ke tat par pahuncha. PTI ke hawaale se ThePrint ki report ke mutabik IMD ne kaha ki 'landfall process' 3 November ko raat 1 baje Ongole ke paas shuru hua; raat 1:30 baje toofan ka kendra Ongole se kareeb 40 km dakshin-poorv, Kavali se 60 km aur Bapatla se 70 km door tha. Asianet Newsable ki subah 5:51 baje ki report ke mutabik IMD ne bataaya ki toofan ki 'wall cloud' ka bada hissa zameen par aa chuka hai aur iski aankh Kothapatnam ke paas tat mein pravesh kar rahi hai; landfall ki prakriya kuch aur ghante chalne ka anumaan tha.
IMD ne subah tak tat ke kinaare 100-110 kmph ki hawa aur 120 kmph tak ke jhonkon ki chetavani di hai. Dakshin Coastal Andhra mein agle 12 ghante bhaari baarish ho sakti hai, aur 1 se 1.5 metre ka storm surge nichle ilaakon mein paani bhar sakta hai — sabse zyaada khatra Bapatla, Krishna aur Prakasam zilon mein bataaya gaya hai. Adhikaariyon ke mutabik raat mein Ongole mein madhyam baarish aur Nellore va Kothapatnam mein halki boondaa-baandi darj hui.
Mukhyamantri N. Chandrababu Naidu ne adhikaariyon ko high alert par rehne aur jaan-maal ka nuksaan rokne ko sabse oopar rakhne ka nirdesh diya. Unhone kaha ki pichhle Cyclone Arnab ke dauraan hui maut jaisi ghatnaayein Murasu mein nahi doharaayi jaani chahiye. Prabhaavit ilaakon ke logon ko toofan guzarne tak gharon mein rehne, nehron aur sinchaai talaabon mein daraar rokne aur bijli vibhaag ko toote khambon ki turant marammat ke liye taiyaar rehne ko kaha gaya hai. Subah tak kisi maut ya nuksaan ka aadhikaarik aankda saamne nahi aaya tha.