Incois sounds alert over cyclonic storm ‘Kyant’

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Oct 26, 2016, 16:16 IST

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Incois sounds alert over cyclonic storm ‘Kyant’

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HYDERABAD: Incois has sounded an alert over the cyclonic storm ‘Kyant’ . The storm over eastcentral Bay of Bengal has moved further westsouthwestwards in the last six hours with a speed 19 kmph and lay centred southeast of Gopalpur, 570 km east-southeast of Vishakhapatnam and 780 km east-northeast of Machilipatnam. The system is very likely to slightly intensify further during next 24 hours.

It is most likely to move west-southwestwards towards west central Bay of Bengal during next 72 hours, Incois said on Wednesday.
A high Wave/Ocean State warning has been issued for Andaman & Nicobar Islands and West Bengal. Squally winds speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph is very likely to prevail along and off south Odisha on 27th and along & off Andhra Pradesh coasts from 27th to 30th October 2016.
The Sea condition will be rough to very rough along & off south Odisha on 27th and along and off Andhra Pradesh coasts during 27th to 30th October 2016. Fishermen have been advised not to venture into sea along & off south Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts from 27th October onwards.
Light to moderate rainfall at many places is very likely to occur over south Odisha & north coastal Andhra Pradesh on 27th & 28th October 2016.

Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely over south coastal Andhra Pradesh on 28th to 30th October 2016 and over north coastal Tamil Nadu on 29th to 31st, according to Marine Forecaster, Ocean State Forecast Team, Information Services and Ocean Sciences Group.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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