Cyclone Asani: Rain lashes parts of Andhra's Kakinada, likely to become a depression by Thursday morning
"The Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Asani' over the west-central Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 12 kmph during the past 6 hours, weakened into a Cyclonic Storm," said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
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The severe Cyclonic Storm 'Asani' weakened into a 'cyclonic storm' and is likely to become a depression by Thursday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Rain lashed parts of the Kakinada district in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday morning.(REUTERS)
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"Asani lay centered at 0230 hours IST of May 11, over the same region near latitude 15.6°N and longitude 81.3°E, about 60 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 180 km south-southwest of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 310 km southwest of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 550 km south-southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha) and 660 km southwest of Puri (Odisha)," said IMD.(ANI)
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The cyclone is very likely to move nearly northwestwards for the next few hours and reach Westcentral Bay of Bengal close to Andhra Pradesh coast.(ANI)
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"Thereafter, it's very likely to recurve slowly north-northeastwards, move along Machilipatnam, Narsapur, Yanam, Kakinada, Tuni and Visakhapatnam coasts and emerge into the westcentral Bay of Bengal off North Andhra Pradesh coasts by today evening," said IMD.(ANI)
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