Deep depression expected to cross Andhra-Odisha coast as alerts issued
A deep depression is expected to cross the Andhra-Odisha coast near Kalingapatnam tonight, with a red alert issued until Thursday morning in five Andhra districts. Schools have been shut across Uttarandhra, while Visakhapatnam is under an orange alert.
A deep depression is expected to cross the Andhra-Odisha coast near Kalingapatnam tonight, according to The Hindu. Authorities have issued a red alert until Thursday morning in the Andhra Pradesh districts of Srikakulam, Parvathipuram Manyam, Vizianagaram, Alluri Sitharama Raju and Anakapalli. An orange alert has been issued for Visakhapatnam.
The supplied report does not provide the system’s wind speed, rainfall forecast or expected storm surge. Schools have been shut across Uttarandhra as the weather system approaches the coast. The available material does not specify how long the closures will last or whether evacuation measures have been ordered.
The report also does not state the depression’s precise time of landfall beyond identifying tonight as the expected period of coastal crossing.
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