Last Updated on November 3, 2026 9:23 pm by INDIAN AWAAZ
AMN/ WEB DESK
Cyclone Murasu over the West Central Bay of Bengal crossed the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narasapur, close to Ongole, early this morning with wind speed of 100-110 kilometres per hour, gusting to 120 kilometres per hour.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that it lay centered over South Coastal Andhra Pradesh. It is likely to continue to move North-northwestwards and weaken gradually into a cyclonic storm by noon and further into a deep depression by midnight of today. The IMD has issued a red colour warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy rainfall over Andhra Pradesh and Telangana today.
According to IMD, places over Chhattisgarh, Odisha, South Interior Karnataka, Coastal Karnataka, Kerala, Mahe, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal will experience heavy rainfall today. The Met Department has forecast thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds over Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha for the day. Meanwhile, the air quality in Delhi-NCR continues to remain in the very poor category.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi’s air quality index was recorded at 331 at 7 AM. The sub-committee of the Commission for Air Quality Management has imposed Graded Response Action Plan- GRAP-2 restrictions in the National Capital Region. An Air Quality Index between 0 and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 moderate, 201 and 300 poor, and 301 and 400 very poor. An AQI between 401 and 500 is considered severe.