The deep depression over west central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal further moved northwards and intensified into a cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ and lay centred over west central Bay of Bengal about 120 km east-southeast of Machilipatnam, 220 km southwest of Vishakhapatnam on Thursday morning.
The system is likely to move north-north eastwards along and off Andhra Pradesh coast and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by Thursday night.
Subsequently, the system is likely to move north eastwards along and off north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts during next 48 hours.
Heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with isolated extremely heavy rain is very likely to occur in the districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East and West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore till Friday morning.
Heavy to very heavy rain is likely at isolated places in Chittoor, Kadapa, Anantapur and Kurnool districts of Rayalaseema.
Heavy to very heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East and West Godavari districts of north coastal AP.
The chief amounts of rainfall (in cm) during the last 24 hours (ending 8.30 a.m. on Thursday) are:
Coastal AP:
Amalapuram – 22,
Kakinada – 17 (both East Godavari district),
Anakapalle – 13.6 (Visakhapatnam district),
Bapatla – 13 (Guntur),
Avanigadda – 12 (Krishna district),
Atmakur – 11 (Nellore),
Chodavaram 11 (Visakhapatnam district),
Visakhapatnam – 10.6 and Narsapur (West Godavari) – 10.
Rayalaseema:
Palasamudram (Chittoor) – 6
and Kambadur (Anantapur) – 5.
